linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/12] Ext4: Fix extended timestamp encoding and decoding

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Message-ID: <3495329.crWmoA5ACn@wuerfel>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:10:53 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-afs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
	samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] Ext4: Fix extended timestamp encoding and decoding

On Tuesday 24 November 2015 14:36:46 Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> This is the patch I would prefer to use (and in fact which I have
> added to the ext4 tree):
> 
> There are issues with 32-bit vs 64-bit encoding of times before
> January 1, 1970, which are handled with this patch which is not
> handled with what you have in your patch series.  So I'd prefer if you
> drop this patch, and I'll get this sent to Linus as a bug fix for 4.4.

I'm happy with either one. Apparently both Davids have arrived with
almost the same algorithm and implementation, with the exception of
the pre-1970 handling you mention there.

	Arnd
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