linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: use timespec64 in relatime_need

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Message-ID: <20190426151731.GX2217@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 16:17:31 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     y2038@...ts.linaro.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: use timespec64 in relatime_need_update

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 04:50:41PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> For some reason, the conversion of the VFS code away from 'struct timespec'
> left one function behind that still uses it, for absolutely no reason.
> 
> Using timespec64 will make the atime update logic work correctly past
> y2038.

Applied.