xattr-util: use crtime/btime if statx() is available for implementation of...
xattr-util: use crtime/btime if statx() is available for implementation of fd_setcrtime() and friends The Linux kernel exposes the birth time now for files through statx() hence make use of it where available. We keep the xattr logic in place for this however, since only a subset of file systems on Linux currently expose the birth time. NFS and tmpfs for example do not support it. OTOH there are other file systems that do support the birth time but might not support xattrs (smb…), hence make the best of the two, in particular in order to deal with journal files copied between file system types and to maintain compatibility with older file systems that are updated to newer version of the file system.
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