* David Howells: > Rather than adding a fchmodat2() syscall, should we add a "set_file_attrs()" > syscall that takes a mask and allows you to set a bunch of stuff all in one > go? Basically, an interface to notify_change() in the kernel that would allow > several stats to be set atomically. This might be of particular interest to > network filesystems. Do you mean atomically as in compare-and-swap (update only if old values match), or just a way to update multiple file attributes with a single system call? Thanks, Florian
