linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 17/32] ubifs: convert to struct inode

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Date:	Mon, 02 Jun 2014 10:54:42 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	joseph@...esourcery.com, john.stultz@...aro.org, hch@...radead.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, geert@...ux-m68k.org, lftan@...era.com,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 17/32] ubifs: convert to struct inode_time

On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 22:01 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> ubifs uses 64-bit integers for inode timestamps, which will work
> practicall forever, but the VFS uses struct timespec for timestamps,
> which is only good until 2038 on 32-bit CPUs.
> 
> This gets us one small step closer to lifting the VFS limit by using
> struct inode_time in ubifs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> Cc: linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org

Looks fine from UBIFS POW, thanks!

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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