diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index 5235c67..d796c5e 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -2711,6 +2711,9 @@ IGNORE_IOCTL(VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_SHORT32)
 /* loop */
 IGNORE_IOCTL(LOOP_CLR_FD)
 
+/* fs inode creation jiffies */
+HANDLE_IOCTL(FS_IOC32_CREATION_JIFFIES, w_long)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARC
 /* Sparc framebuffers, handled in sbusfb_compat_ioctl() */
 IGNORE_IOCTL(FBIOGTYPE)
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 0487ddb..3304244 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static struct inode *alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 		inode->i_cdev = NULL;
 		inode->i_rdev = 0;
 		inode->dirtied_when = 0;
+		inode->created_when = jiffies;
 		if (security_inode_alloc(inode)) {
 			if (inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode)
 				inode->i_sb->s_op->destroy_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
index 43e8b2c..eea758f 100644
--- a/fs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ioctl.c
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ static int file_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 		return ioctl_fibmap(filp, p);
 	case FS_IOC_FIEMAP:
 		return ioctl_fiemap(filp, arg);
+	case FS_IOC_CREATION_JIFFIES:
+	case FS_IOC32_CREATION_JIFFIES:
+		return put_user(inode->created_when, p);
 	case FIGETBSZ:
 		return put_user(inode->i_sb->s_blocksize, p);
 	case FIONREAD:
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4a853ef..4f91e57 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -241,10 +241,12 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
 #define	FS_IOC_GETVERSION		_IOR('v', 1, long)
 #define	FS_IOC_SETVERSION		_IOW('v', 2, long)
 #define FS_IOC_FIEMAP			_IOWR('f', 11, struct fiemap)
+#define FS_IOC_CREATION_JIFFIES		_IOR('f', 12, long)
 #define FS_IOC32_GETFLAGS		_IOR('f', 1, int)
 #define FS_IOC32_SETFLAGS		_IOW('f', 2, int)
 #define FS_IOC32_GETVERSION		_IOR('v', 1, int)
 #define FS_IOC32_SETVERSION		_IOW('v', 2, int)
+#define FS_IOC32_CREATION_JIFFIES	_IOR('f', 12, int)
 
 /*
  * Inode flags (FS_IOC_GETFLAGS / FS_IOC_SETFLAGS)
@@ -685,6 +687,8 @@ struct inode {
 	void			*i_security;
 #endif
 	void			*i_private; /* fs or device private pointer */
+
+	unsigned long		created_when;	/* jiffies of creation time */
 };
 
 /*