Hi Al and Linus, here is the requested series to add a vfs_utimes and use that in initramfs, plus assorted cleanups that makes this easier. fs/utimes.c | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- include/linux/fs.h | 1 init/initramfs.c | 11 +++-- 3 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)