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0 pointslondons_explore3y ago0 comments

You can't depend on access time correctness... Because someone else can come along and grep through all your files and now they're all accessed right now.

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viraptor3y ago

That's the theory. In practice for example courier IMAP relied (still relies?) on at least relatime for some notification aspects.

amelius3y ago

Perhaps it just triggers some wasted CPU time, as opposed to incorrect behavior.

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0 pointslondons_explore3y ago0 comments

You can't depend on access time correctness... Because someone else can come along and grep through all your files and now they're all accessed right now.

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viraptor3y ago

That's the theory. In practice for example courier IMAP relied (still relies?) on at least relatime for some notification aspects.

amelius3y ago

Perhaps it just triggers some wasted CPU time, as opposed to incorrect behavior.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse