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Atime and btrfs: a bad combination?

Atime and btrfs: a bad combination?

Posted Jun 1, 2012 8:39 UTC (Fri) by geertj (subscriber, #4116)
Parent article: Atime and btrfs: a bad combination?

Maybe atime could be updated in-place, if atime is the only metadata update to an inode? The implication would be that atime in snapshots would change. But maybe that's something that could be accepted as a compromise?


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Atime and btrfs: a bad combination?

Posted Jun 1, 2012 9:43 UTC (Fri) by bergwolf (subscriber, #55931) [Link]

Updating atime in a snapshot breaks its design and is dangerous if snapshot is taken for backup purpose.

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