From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755337AbXD0BFl (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:05:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755340AbXD0BFl (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:05:41 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:46808 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755337AbXD0BFj (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:05:39 -0400 Message-ID: <46314C3B.3040908@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:04:59 -0700 From: Ulrich Drepper Organization: Red Hat, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "H. Peter Anvin" CC: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] utimensat implementation References: <200704262249.l3QMn5C2021588@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20070426162530.bc30a1bb.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <46313F99.6080402@zytor.com> <46314A08.9000209@redhat.com> <46314AAD.9010300@zytor.com> In-Reply-To: <46314AAD.9010300@zytor.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig0C366564DBA72A8B2DF638C1" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig0C366564DBA72A8B2DF638C1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Primarily to let a backup program restore the full state of the filesys= tem. Is this wanted? Or needed? I would think there are good reasons why this hasn't been done so far. Intrusion detection is one reason I can think of. --=20 =E2=9E=A7 Ulrich Drepper =E2=9E=A7 Red Hat, Inc. =E2=9E=A7 444 Castro St = =E2=9E=A7 Mountain View, CA =E2=9D=96 --------------enig0C366564DBA72A8B2DF638C1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGMUw72ijCOnn/RHQRAq3vAJ9Gxd4gVbdPVfZT4eYUQvYqn2f8nwCfZid1 xV/t9YrNlY9+KPzBkzTrEGA= =1Ynd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig0C366564DBA72A8B2DF638C1--