Re: statx manpage

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On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 03:04:11PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> I think we just have to clearly document that that will not be the
> case. If they really expect the field to be there, then they need to
> set the bit in the "want" mask -- it's really as simple as that.

If the usual local file systems set it but say NFS doesn't I will
very much expect that people don't set the flag and create buggy
programs a lot.  An API that doesn't give you more than you ask
for is a lot more obvious.
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