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SubjectRe: [PATCH] splice: update mtime and atime on files
On Tue, Aug 18 2009, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 08:42:41AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 14 2009, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > > From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
> > >
> > > Splice should update the modification and access times on regular
> > > files just like read and write. Not updating mtime will confuse
> > > backup tools, etc...
> > >
> > > This patch only adds the time updates for regular files. For pipes
> > > and other special files that splice touches the need for updating the
> > > times is less clear. Let's discuss and fix that separately.
> >
> > Thanks Miklos, I've queued this one up.
>
> wouldn't it make sense to send that to stable too ? The patch is not
> intrusive and looks like a fix to me.

It doesn't really meet the stable criteria, as it's not a security issue
nor does it crash the kernel.

--
Jens Axboe



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