On 2018/7/13 10:20 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > 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 > Hi Arnd, It is here, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/colyli/bcache-patches.git/tree/for-next/0004-bcache-stop-using-the-deprecated-get_seconds.patch It is for Linux v4.19, the merge window is not available yet, and I don't post them to Jens yet. Thanks. Coly Li -- 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
