From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759500AbXGDGiP (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2007 02:38:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754849AbXGDGh6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2007 02:37:58 -0400 Received: from ausmtp06.au.ibm.com ([202.81.18.155]:54218 "EHLO ausmtp06.au.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753359AbXGDGh5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2007 02:37:57 -0400 Message-ID: <468B3FDA.7060809@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:06:10 +0530 From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cmm@us.ibm.com CC: Kalpak Shah , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [EXT4 set 3][PATCH 1/1] ext4 nanosecond timestamp References: <1183275416.4010.125.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1183458506.4102.5.camel@garfield.linsyssoft.com> <1183519975.3922.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1183519975.3922.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mingming Cao wrote: > On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 15:58 +0530, Kalpak Shah wrote: >> On Sun, 2007-07-01 at 03:36 -0400, Mingming Cao wrote: >>> + >>> +#define EXT4_INODE_GET_XTIME(xtime, inode, raw_inode) \ >>> +do { \ >>> + (inode)->xtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu((raw_inode)->xtime); \ >>> + if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, EXT4_I(inode), xtime ## _extra)) \ >>> + ext4_decode_extra_time(&(inode)->xtime, \ >>> + raw_inode->xtime ## _extra); \ >>> +} while (0) >>> + >>> +#define EXT4_EINODE_GET_XTIME(xtime, einode, raw_inode) \ >>> +do { \ >>> + if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, einode, xtime)) \ >>> + (einode)->xtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu((raw_inode)->xtime); \ >>> + if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, einode, xtime ## _extra)) \ >>> + ext4_decode_extra_time(&(einode)->xtime, \ >>> + raw_inode->xtime ## _extra); \ >>> +} while (0) >>> + >> This nanosecond patch seems to be missing the fix below which is required for http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5079 >> >> If the timestamp is set to before epoch i.e. a negative timestamp then the file may have its date set into the future on 64-bit systems. So when the timestamp is read it must be cast as signed. > > Missed this one. > Thanks. Will update ext4 patch queue tonight with this fix. > > IIRC in the conference call it was decided to not to apply this patch. Andreas may be able to update better. -aneesh