linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cachefiles: avoid deprecated get

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:58:31 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, y2038@...ts.linaro.org,
        linux-cachefs@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cachefiles: avoid deprecated get_seconds()

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> -	sprintf(nbuffer, "%08x%08x",
> -		(uint32_t) get_seconds(),
> +	sprintf(nbuffer, "%08llx%08x",
> +		(uint64_t) ktime_get_real_seconds(),

It's not necessary to expand the 'time' field of the name.  It's not
interpreted by userspace, it's just there to prevent collisions when moving
directories about.  If your cache goes weird in the future because there was a
collision with an object that was moved to the graveyard 68 years ago and not
cleaned up, then that's probably a bug in cachefilesd.

But I've no objection to using ktime_get_real_seconds() and truncating the
value.

David