Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 3 Oct 2001 08:24:15 -0700 (PDT) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: Finegrained a/c/mtime was Re: Directory notification problem |
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On 3 Oct 2001, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes: > > > Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> writes: > > > > > For stat is also requires a changed glibc ABI -- the glibc/2.4 stat64 > > > > Not only stat64, also plain stat. > > > > > structure reserved an additional 4 bytes for every timestamp, but these > > > either need to be used to give more seconds for the year 2038 problem > > > or be used for the ms fractions. y2038 is somewhat important too. > > > > The fields are meant for nanoseconds. The y2038 will definitely be > > solved by time-shifting or making time_t unsigned. In any way nothing > > of importance here and now. Especially since there won't be many > > systems which are running today and which have a 32-bit time_t be used > > then. For the rest I'm sure that in 37 years there will be the one or > > the other ABI change. > > Right. Given current uptimes and being optimistic the fix for y2038 > is probably needed by 2030 or just a little later. But in any case > 64 bit systems should be maxing out by then, and the conversion to 128 > bit systems should have already happened on the server side. 32 bit > systems will likely be limited to embedded and legacy systems by then. > > Eric
Why do I get the feeling no one has learned from the problems the computer industry had with 2 digit date fields?
Odds are legacy systems will be running something people for whatever reason couldn't replace.
Gerhard
-- Gerhard Mack
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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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