linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL v2] timestamp fixes

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Date:   Sat, 23 Sep 2023 16:31:35 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL v2] timestamp fixes

On Sat, 23 Sept 2023 at 15:08, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
>
> I might be screweing my math, but I believe 24 bits should be enough
> to code 10,000,000 units of 100ns (it's enough for 16,777,216), which
> should be sufficient.  What am I missing?

You're missing me just being stupid, having a brain-fart, and doing
the math for 10ns despite telling everybody that 100ns should be the
reasonable thing.

Duh.

             Linus