Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:49:26 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [patch] x86-64 ext2/ext3 datestamp problem |
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Markus Rechberger wrote: > Hi, > > there is an issue with ext2/ext3 date stamps, if someone creates a file > with a timestamp between 1902 and 1970(epoch 0) it will overflow and > result in a higher date than 2038. > > $ touch --date "1905-01-01" test > $ ls -lah test > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1905 test (this is a cached value here) > (remount the partition/clear the cache) > $ ls -lah test > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 6 2041 test > > 10000101101111001100011001110000 .. -2051226000 (1905) > 10000101101111001100011001110000 .. 2243741296 (2041) > > this was tested against linus git tree >
I believe the timestamp fields in ext2/ext3 are defined as unsigned.
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