linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] [v2] reiserfs: remove obsolete print

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Date:   Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:38:05 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, y2038@...ts.linaro.org,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] [v2] reiserfs: remove obsolete print_time function

On Wed 20-06-18 16:25:04, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Before linux-2.4.6, print_time() was used to pretty-print an inode
> time when running reiserfs in user space, after that it has become
> obsolete and is still a bit incorrect: It behaves differently on 32-bit
> and 64-bit machines, and uses a static buffer to hold a string, which
> could lead to undefined behavior if we ever called this from multiple
> places simultaneously.
> 
> Since we always want to treat the timestamps as 'unsigned' anyway,
> simply printing them as an integer is both simpler and safer while
> avoiding the deprecated time_t type.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> v2: after a second look, I decided to remove it instead of fixing it.

Yes, that's a good idea. The patch looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

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Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
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