NAK, we went through great trouble to get rid of the nasty layering violation where the VM called file_update_time directly just a short while ago, reintroducing that is a massive step back. Make sure whatever "solution" for your problem you come up with keeps the file update in the filesystem or generic helpers. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>