linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC 00/32] making inode time stamps y2038 ready

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Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2014 13:52:19 +0000
From:	"Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@...esourcery.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 00/32] making inode time stamps y2038 ready

On Fri, 30 May 2014, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> a) is this the right approach in general? The previous discussion
>    pointed this way, but there may be other opinions.

The syscall changes seem like the sort of thing I'd expect, although 
patches adding new syscalls or otherwise affecting the kernel/userspace 
interface (as opposed to those relating to an individual filesystem) 
should go to linux-api as well as other relevant lists.

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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@...esourcery.com
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