From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net (relay5-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.197]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFBF43D39A for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:33:10 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.70.183.197 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1708507993; cv=none; b=nGVColVoe0U88F9mFoFGYaqUcHZs0DGojKp75bqpgk8O/yXI8Bmi8br6l80RtL8bouyqxW32gWTSVo0O4+xztdJGzvjvSWgP9l4Hs6buI2bnJYumLJWOoHQdX8UjHWGfDK66UoeRC/CH8FXJiDD7NY+n9urtNtONQcn3BYKV8VA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1708507993; c=relaxed/simple; bh=xXwl8F/5kkproMQilCsscuBVrbTeMoF6+n11uuXUAR8=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Cc:To:From:Subject:Content-Type; b=uL9m1LfzZz6T6SXCN/hnJFGYZHxQX15ZYUgXq2Es4NE6c02isSGWmaWm81anj5d+z7vIsLNci8rH6Vzn0tRKCtgTvpLNJow+4c5P01G8wmtfb//7mBfLc/pSqJ2k1ZzCW7/IaFwJH0/o79xm6n1VD+cI8xaqEgteFEbqa2CbvVw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=bootlin.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=bootlin.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=bootlin.com header.i=@bootlin.com header.b=VUlKEg29; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.70.183.197 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=bootlin.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=bootlin.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=bootlin.com header.i=@bootlin.com header.b="VUlKEg29" Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4F5451C0004; Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:33:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1708507985; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8sgqKHEMOfRlHzKHv543qpuMIxIu6/2xNhMTCObUG+8=; b=VUlKEg29qY277ejpROpJgg+WmP5+T8erb/rh1H5alF/CRz5B1r69TYAd6YZhoUdZSiiS9B Tim67YWDqptEGMp/+yK0QjJ+iFSQPdlAb3FXbprXBZLz5rQ2WyakyXgUwBpQdPYbTUx/PD TXL6ewdnrr2pHtdPWIyWZckNINhvrmFa+0WaqpwkoFU2vb2yF0p5fJdSRnYmUjdi+xE/k5 RkH/OxPspqeV8bjV0pmt+EyfCljuDXL5l7AmFn/VW80yrYAAML4tJKymMzCIHt81Pxhop5 gvjx0IwQuuEsMz60yP2tQpxRYpnDIYZVKPIrreOU2EovfUakcwX2KjdZQvSb2Q== Message-ID: Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:33:04 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cc: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Content-Language: en-US To: Jan Kara From: Michael Opdenacker Subject: Why isn't ext2 deprecated over ext4? Organization: Bootlin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-GND-Sasl: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com Greetings I'm wondering why ext2 isn't marked as deprecated yet as it has 32 bit dates and dates will rollover in 2038 (in 14 years from now!). I'm asking because ext4, when used without a journal, seems to be a worthy replacement and has 64 bit dates. I'll be happy to send a patch to fs/ext2/Kconfig to warn users. Thanks in advance Cheers Michael. -- Michael Opdenacker, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com