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SubjectRe: New nanosecond stat patch for 2.5.44
Gabriel Paubert wrote:
>
> I basically agree but I suspect that filesystem writers will not be very
> happy if you want to use 16 bytes for each timestamp, especially when 8 of
> the bytes (the 32 high order bits from the second count and the TAI-UT
> offset) do not change very often. (besides that tv_nsec is defined as a
> long, i.e. 64 bit on 64 bit machines and _signed_ , stupid if you ask me
> but I digress).
>

The filesystem writers can compact things as they see fit. I'm mostly
talking about the stat(2) format.

-hpa

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