linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/10] fs: btrfs: Replace CURRENT_TIME by current_fs

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Date:	Thu, 4 Feb 2016 15:14:36 +0100
From:	David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To:	Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, y2038@...ts.linaro.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chris Mason <clm@...com>, Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
	David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] fs: btrfs: Replace CURRENT_TIME by
 current_fs_time()

On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 10:07:50PM -0800, Deepa Dinamani wrote:
> CURRENT_TIME macro is not appropriate for filesystems as it
> doesn't use the right granularity for filesystem timestamps.
> Use current_fs_time() instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
> Cc: Chris Mason <clm@...com>
> Cc: Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>
> Cc: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>
> Cc: linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org

Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>

There's no actual change for btrfs as it uses granularity 1 which is a
no-op and equivalent to CURRENT_TIME.