linux-kernel - filesystem being remounted supports timestamps until 2038

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Date:   Fri, 20 Dec 2019 18:02:54 -0800 (PST)
From:   Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>
To:     Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: filesystem being remounted supports timestamps until 2038

Hello,

I noticed the following messages in my dmesg:

 xfs filesystem being remounted at /mnt/disk supports imestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff)

These messages get printed over and over again because /mnt/disk is 
usually a read-only mount that is remounted (rw) a couple of times a day 
for backup purposes.

I see that these messages have been introduced with f8b92ba67c5d ("mount: 
Add mount warning for impending timestamp expiry") resp. 0ecee6699064 
("fix use-after-free of mount in mnt_warn_timestamp_expiry()") and I was 
wondering if there is any chance to either adjust this to pr_debug (but 
then it would still show up in dmesg, right?) or to only warn once when 
it's mounted, but not on re-mount?

Thanks,
Christian.
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