On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 10:12 AM, Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2018/6/22 9:48 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> The get_seconds function is deprecated now since it returns a 32-bit >> value that will eventually overflow, and we are replacing it throughout >> the kernel with ktime_get_seconds() or ktime_get_real_seconds() that >> return a time64_t. >> >> bcache uses get_seconds() to read the current system time and store it in >> the superblock as well as in uuid_entry structures that are user visible. >> >> Unfortunately, the two structures in are still limited to 32 bits, so this >> won't fix any real problems but will still overflow in year 2106. Let's >> at least document that properly, in case we get an updated format in the >> future it can be fixed. We still have a long time before the overflow >> and checking the tools at https://github.com/koverstreet/bcache-tools >> reveals no access to any of them. >> >> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > > Added to 4.19 for-next. I noticed this isn't part of linux-next (yet). Did it get dropped? Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bcache" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
