From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752426AbdDHUEp (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Apr 2017 16:04:45 -0400 Received: from mail-io0-f194.google.com ([209.85.223.194]:33221 "EHLO mail-io0-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750997AbdDHUEf (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Apr 2017 16:04:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1491680267-11171-3-git-send-email-deepa.kernel@gmail.com> References: <1491680267-11171-1-git-send-email-deepa.kernel@gmail.com> <1491680267-11171-3-git-send-email-deepa.kernel@gmail.com> From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 13:04:33 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: QZj0wDzvLakPnnOahuKX4k-HxQU Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] vfs: Add checks for filesystem timestamp limits To: Deepa Dinamani Cc: Al Viro , "Theodore Ts'o" , "adilger.kernel@dilger.ca" , "linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org" , Thomas Gleixner , linux-fsdevel , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Arnd Bergmann , y2038@lists.linaro.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Deepa Dinamani wrote: > Allow read only mounts for filesystems that do not > have maximum timestamps beyond the y2038 expiry > timestamp. This option seems arbitrary and pointless. Nobody sane should ever enable it except for testing, but for testing it would be much better to simply specify what the limit should be: 2038 is not magical for all filesystems, because the base may be different. And honestly, for testing, it would be much better to just make it a mount option rather than some crazy system-wide one. Linus From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] vfs: Add checks for filesystem timestamp limits Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 13:04:33 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1491680267-11171-1-git-send-email-deepa.kernel@gmail.com> <1491680267-11171-3-git-send-email-deepa.kernel@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Cc: Theodore Ts'o , Arnd Bergmann , y2038@lists.linaro.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , "adilger.kernel@dilger.ca" , Al Viro , linux-fsdevel , Thomas Gleixner , "linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org" To: Deepa Dinamani Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1491680267-11171-3-git-send-email-deepa.kernel@gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: y2038-bounces@lists.linaro.org Sender: "Y2038" List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org T24gU2F0LCBBcHIgOCwgMjAxNyBhdCAxMjozNyBQTSwgRGVlcGEgRGluYW1hbmkgPGRlZXBhLmtl cm5lbEBnbWFpbC5jb20+IHdyb3RlOgo+IEFsbG93IHJlYWQgb25seSBtb3VudHMgZm9yIGZpbGVz eXN0ZW1zIHRoYXQgZG8gbm90Cj4gaGF2ZSBtYXhpbXVtIHRpbWVzdGFtcHMgYmV5b25kIHRoZSB5 MjAzOCBleHBpcnkKPiB0aW1lc3RhbXAuCgpUaGlzIG9wdGlvbiBzZWVtcyBhcmJpdHJhcnkgYW5k IHBvaW50bGVzcy4KCk5vYm9keSBzYW5lIHNob3VsZCBldmVyIGVuYWJsZSBpdCBleGNlcHQgZm9y IHRlc3RpbmcsIGJ1dCBmb3IgdGVzdGluZwppdCB3b3VsZCBiZSBtdWNoIGJldHRlciB0byBzaW1w bHkgc3BlY2lmeSB3aGF0IHRoZSBsaW1pdCBzaG91bGQgYmU6CjIwMzggaXMgbm90IG1hZ2ljYWwg Zm9yIGFsbCBmaWxlc3lzdGVtcywgYmVjYXVzZSB0aGUgYmFzZSBtYXkgYmUKZGlmZmVyZW50LgoK QW5kIGhvbmVzdGx5LCBmb3IgdGVzdGluZywgaXQgd291bGQgYmUgbXVjaCBiZXR0ZXIgdG8ganVz dCBtYWtlIGl0IGEKbW91bnQgb3B0aW9uIHJhdGhlciB0aGFuIHNvbWUgY3Jhenkgc3lzdGVtLXdp ZGUgb25lLgoKICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIExpbnVzCl9fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fClkyMDM4IG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApZMjAzOEBsaXN0cy5s aW5hcm8ub3JnCmh0dHBzOi8vbGlzdHMubGluYXJvLm9yZy9tYWlsbWFuL2xpc3RpbmZvL3kyMDM4 Cg==