linux-kernel - Re: [Y2038] [RFC v2b 5/5] fs: xfs: change inode times to use vfs

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Message-ID: <CAGRSmLsUr_H6x3+Ok6YbkaBkTKiy5b2_=v7vBxuCZWH-stZfcg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 13 Feb 2016 07:56:05 -0800
From:	"David F." <df7729@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [RFC v2b 5/5] fs: xfs: change inode times to use vfs_time
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Frankly if XFS is going to change and break, now would be a good time
to convert from MSBF to LSBF, easy to do and would be much more
efficient on PC's.


On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 6:50 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Saturday 13 February 2016 13:18:32 Dave Chinner wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 01:45:49AM -0800, Deepa Dinamani wrote:
>>
>> This code is all different in the current XFS for-next branch.
>> XFS no longer has it's own internal timestamps - it only uses the
>> timestamps in the struct inode now.
>