I tried experiment with Windows and yes WIndows updates the change time (but not write time) as expected: e.g. on adding a hardlink, or adding an extended attribute so not just Linux that benefits by the proper behavior. On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 3:46 PM Jeremy Allison <jra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 03:16:02PM -0500, Steve French wrote: > > > >Another test to try is xfstest generic/728 (which checks that ctime is > >updated on setxattr) > >and xfstest generic/236 (checking that ctime is updated when hardlink updated, > >where I originally found this bug) > > Well remember the time tests are meant only to pass vs a Windows SMB3 I checked a few things - but -- Thanks, Steve