linux-kernel - Re: [Y2038] [RFC 02/15] vfs: Change all structures to support 64 bit time

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:26:58 -0800
From:	Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [RFC 02/15] vfs: Change all structures to support 64 bit
 time

Arnd and I had a discussion about how to proceed here.

We don't think anybody really is wanting a big patch touching 50 fs here.

We are evaluating a couple of approaches that don't do this.

I will post an update next week

On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Thursday 21 January 2016 10:06:32 Dave Chinner wrote:
>>
>> IOWs, you're now finally suggesting doing the *simple conversion*
>> I've been suggesting needs to be made *since the start* of this
>> long, frustrating thread, except you *still want to abstract the
>> timestamp unnecessarily*.
>>
>> For the last time: use timespec64 directly, do not abstract it
>> in any way.
>
> No, in an earlier mail you said
>
> "Nobody is suggesting one huge patch here. This can all be done with
> small steps."
>
> Changing 45 files in 20 file systems along with the VFS core in
> one patch is what I consider a huge patch, it's the opposite
> of small steps.
>
>         Arnd