linux-kernel - Re: EXT4 Oops (Re: [PATCH V15 06/22] mmc: block: Add blk-mq support)

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Date:   Thu, 1 Mar 2018 11:07:05 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jose R R <jose.r.r@...ztli.com>
Cc:     Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-block <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bough Chen <haibo.chen@....com>,
        Alex Lemberg <alex.lemberg@...disk.com>,
        Mateusz Nowak <mateusz.nowak@...el.com>,
        Yuliy Izrailov <Yuliy.Izrailov@...disk.com>,
        Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@...sung.com>,
        Dong Aisheng <dongas86@...il.com>,
        Das Asutosh <asutoshd@...eaurora.org>,
        Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...il.com>,
        Sahitya Tummala <stummala@...eaurora.org>,
        Harjani Ritesh <riteshh@...eaurora.org>,
        Venu Byravarasu <vbyravarasu@...dia.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
        Krishna Reddy <vdumpa@...dia.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EXT4 Oops (Re: [PATCH V15 06/22] mmc: block: Add blk-mq support)

On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 01:15:24AM -0800, Jose R R wrote:
> Probably it is not wise to place all your eggs (data) in one basket
> (ext4) and diversify to viable alternatives which won't be affected by
> UNIX 2038 year date problem, likewise?
> < https://metztli.it/blog/index.php/amatl8/reiser-nahui/reiser4-filesystem-and-the-unix
> >

All of the modern file systems (btrfs, ext4, f2fs, xfs, etc.) are fine
with respect to the 2038 problem.

     	   	 				- Ted