On 05/31/2014 12:59 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> isofs uses a 'char' variable to load the number of years since >> 1900 for an inode timestamp. On architectures that use a signed >> char type by default, this results in an invalid date for >> anything beyond 2027. >> >> This adds a cast to 'u8' for the year number, which should extend >> the shelf life of the file system until 2155. > > Oops, the CD archive of my scanned Napoleon manuscripts no longer has the > right file date? ;-) > > Are there any practical uses of representating dates between 1772 and 1900 > on CD/DVD? > Unlikely, furthermore, the spec explicitly states that the number is unsigned (ref: ECMA-119, 2nd ed, 9.1.5 which specifies that the numbers are "recorded according to 7.1.1"; 7.1.1 specifies "8-bit unsigned numerical values"). -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
