From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.131]:61137 "EHLO mout.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758542AbcATXR3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:17:29 -0500 From: Arnd Bergmann To: y2038@lists.linaro.org Cc: Dave Chinner , Andreas Dilger , "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" , Deepa Dinamani , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [Y2038] [RFC 02/15] vfs: Change all structures to support 64 bit time Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 00:17:21 +0100 Message-ID: <3279723.2VNFImc7nR@wuerfel> In-Reply-To: <20160120230632.GZ6033@dastard> References: <1452144972-15802-1-git-send-email-deepa.kernel@gmail.com> <14988333.dbUrT9DQnz@wuerfel> <20160120230632.GZ6033@dastard> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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