Re: [PATCH v4 5/9] Documentation: add a new file documenting multigrain timestamps

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On 7/8/24 8:53 AM, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Add a high-level document that describes how multigrain timestamps work,
> rationale for them, and some info about implementation and tradeoffs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/multigrain-ts.rst | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 120 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/multigrain-ts.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/multigrain-ts.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e4f52a9e3c51
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/multigrain-ts.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@

> +Inode Timestamp Ordering
> +========================
> +
> +In addition just providing info about changes to individual files, file

   In addition to just

> +timestamps also serve an important purpose in applications like "make". These
> +programs measure timestamps in order to determine whether source files might be
> +newer than cached objects.





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