From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
joseph@codesourcery.com, john.stultz@linaro.org,
hch@infradead.org, tglx@linutronix.de, geert@linux-m68k.org,
lftan@altera.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 01/32] fs: introduce new 'struct inode_time'
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 16:53:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6491264.Vk0CYaEpvf@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53899AEA.1010909@zytor.com>
On Saturday 31 May 2014 02:03:38 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 05/30/2014 01:01 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_NEW_INODE_TIME
> > +/*
> > + * This is the type we use internally in the kernel to represent
> > + * absolute times in file system metadata.
> > + * This structure must not leak out to user space, and new interfaces
> > + * should be using 64-bit types right away.
> > + */
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Variant a) using unsigned seconds lets us extend the life span
> > + * for another 69 years beyond 2038.
> > + */
> > +struct inode_time {
> > + unsigned long tv_sec;
> > + long tv_nsec;
> > +};
>
> This now differs between 32- and 64-bit systems, and on 32-bit systems
> some timestamps well within the range of representation of current
> systems just became unrepresentable, which is something that I thought
> people were objecting very strongly to.
It really depends on the file system. As you pointed out, I was reading
the ext2/ext3 and xfs code incorrectly, so my assumption when I wrote this
was that they already used the same type, with a 1970-2106 window, rather
than the regular signed Unix epoch.
> > +#elif 0
> > +/*
> > + * This variant can represent the widest range of times, but also
> > + * bloats 'struct inode' a little more.
> > + */
> > +struct inode_time {
> > + long long tv_sec __attribute__((packed));
> > + int tv_nsec;
> > +};
>
> Seriously, though, can we really impose constraints stricter than what
> the filesystems themselves do? It seems we ought to be able to
> represent whatever time the filesystem can represent... (modulo some
> kind of window control as Y2038 or any other break point approaches.)
Just to make sure, do you say we should be using the 'long long/int'
struct, or something else?
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-31 14:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-30 20:01 [RFC 00/32] making inode time stamps y2038 ready Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 01/32] fs: introduce new 'struct inode_time' Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 7:56 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-31 8:39 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-05-31 13:19 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-31 13:46 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-05-31 14:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 16:15 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-31 9:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 14:53 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2014-05-31 14:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 02/32] uapi: add struct __kernel_timespec{32,64} Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 15:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 03/32] fs: introduce sys_utimens64at Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 9:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-05-31 14:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 04/32] fs: introduce sys_newfstat64/sys_newfstatat64 Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 05/32] arch: hook up new stat and utimes syscalls Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 06/32] isofs: fix timestamps beyond 2027 Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 7:59 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-31 8:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 07/32] fs/nfs: convert to struct inode_time Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 08/32] fs/ceph: convert to 'struct inode_time' Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 09/32] fs/pstore: convert to struct inode_time Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 21:14 ` Kees Cook
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 10/32] fs/coda: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 11/32] xfs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 0:37 ` Dave Chinner
2014-05-31 0:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 1:14 ` Dave Chinner
2014-05-31 1:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 5:54 ` Dave Chinner
2014-05-31 8:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 15:46 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-06-01 19:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-01 20:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-02 11:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 1:36 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-06-02 2:22 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-02 7:09 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-06-02 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 11:57 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 12:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 13:15 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 12:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 13:07 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 15:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 14:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-02 15:04 ` Chuck Lever
2014-06-02 15:31 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 17:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-02 18:50 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 22:29 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 22:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-02 23:32 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 23:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-03 13:09 ` Roger Willcocks
2014-06-02 18:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 18:58 ` Roger Willcocks
2014-06-02 19:04 ` Chuck Lever
2014-06-02 19:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-01 0:39 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-02 14:00 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-05-31 15:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-01 0:24 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-02 0:28 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-02 11:35 ` Roger Willcocks
2014-06-02 11:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-03 0:32 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-03 7:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-03 8:41 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-03 9:16 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 12/32] btrfs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 13/32] ext3: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 9:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 14:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 14/32] ext4: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 15/32] cifs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 16/32] ntfs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 17/32] ubifs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 7:54 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 18/32] ocfs2: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 19/32] fs/fat: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 20/32] afs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 21/32] udf: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 22/32] fs: convert simple fs to inode_time Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 23:06 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 23/32] logfs: convert to struct inode_time Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 24/32] hfs, hfsplus: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 14:23 ` Vyacheslav Dubeyko
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 25/32] gfs2: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 9:52 ` Steven Whitehouse
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 26/32] reiserfs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 27/32] jffs2: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 28/32] adfs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 29/32] f2fs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 30/32] fuse: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 31/32] scsi: fnic: use current_kernel_time() for timestamp Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 32/32] fs: use new inode_time definition unconditionally Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 14:30 ` [RFC 00/32] making inode time stamps y2038 ready Vyacheslav Dubeyko
2014-06-03 12:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 14:51 ` Richard Cochran
2014-05-31 15:23 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 18:22 ` Richard Cochran
2014-05-31 19:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-01 4:46 ` Richard Cochran
2014-06-01 4:44 ` Richard Cochran
2014-06-02 13:52 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-06-02 19:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 19:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-02 19:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 21:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-03 14:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-03 14:33 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-06-03 14:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-03 21:38 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-04 15:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-04 17:30 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-06-04 19:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-05 0:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-10 9:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 21:02 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-06-04 15:05 ` Arnd Bergmann
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