Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 13 Feb 2016 13:18:32 +1100 | From | Dave Chinner <> | Subject | Re: [RFC v2b 5/5] fs: xfs: change inode times to use vfs_time data type |
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On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 01:45:49AM -0800, Deepa Dinamani wrote: > This is in preparation for changing VFS inode timestamps to > use 64 bit time. > The VFS inode timestamps are not y2038 safe as they use > struct timespec. These will be changed to use struct timespec64 > instead and that is y2038 safe. > But, since the above data type conversion will break the > end file systems, use vfs_time functions to access inode times. > > current_fs_time() will change along with vfs timestamp data > type changes. > > xfs_vn_update_time() is a .update callback for inode operations > and this needs to change along with vfs inode times.
This code is all different in the current XFS for-next branch. XFS no longer has it's own internal timestamps - it only uses the timestamps in the struct inode now.
Cheers,
Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com
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