From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-f196.google.com ([209.85.214.196]:35679 "EHLO mail-ob0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753618AbcA0G2m (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:28:42 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:26:58 -0800 From: Deepa Dinamani To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: y2038@lists.linaro.org, Dave Chinner , Andreas Dilger , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [Y2038] [RFC 02/15] vfs: Change all structures to support 64 bit time Message-ID: <20160127062658.GA40966@myubuntu.deepaubuntu.g7.internal.cloudapp.net> References: <1452144972-15802-1-git-send-email-deepa.kernel@gmail.com> <14988333.dbUrT9DQnz@wuerfel> <20160120230632.GZ6033@dastard> <3279723.2VNFImc7nR@wuerfel> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3279723.2VNFImc7nR@wuerfel> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Arnd and I had a discussion about how to proceed here. We don't think anybody really is wanting a big patch touching 50 fs here. We are evaluating a couple of approaches that don't do this. I will post an update next week On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thursday 21 January 2016 10:06:32 Dave Chinner wrote: >> >> IOWs, you're now finally suggesting doing the *simple conversion* >> I've been suggesting needs to be made *since the start* of this >> long, frustrating thread, except you *still want to abstract the >> timestamp unnecessarily*. >> >> For the last time: use timespec64 directly, do not abstract it >> in any way. > > No, in an earlier mail you said > > "Nobody is suggesting one huge patch here. This can all be done with > small steps." > > Changing 45 files in 20 file systems along with the VFS core in > one patch is what I consider a huge patch, it's the opposite > of small steps. > > Arnd