Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:06:10 +0530 | From | "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <> | Subject | Re: [EXT4 set 3][PATCH 1/1] ext4 nanosecond timestamp |
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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.
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