On Sun, 2007-07-01 at 03:36 -0400, Mingming Cao wrote: > + > +#define EXT4_INODE_GET_XTIME(xtime, inode, raw_inode) \ > +do { \ > + (inode)->xtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu((raw_inode)->xtime); \ > + if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, EXT4_I(inode), xtime ## _extra)) \ > + ext4_decode_extra_time(&(inode)->xtime, \ > + raw_inode->xtime ## _extra); \ > +} while (0) > + > +#define EXT4_EINODE_GET_XTIME(xtime, einode, raw_inode) \ > +do { \ > + if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, einode, xtime)) \ > + (einode)->xtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu((raw_inode)->xtime); \ > + if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, einode, xtime ## _extra)) \ > + ext4_decode_extra_time(&(einode)->xtime, \ > + raw_inode->xtime ## _extra); \ > +} while (0) > + This nanosecond patch seems to be missing the fix below which is required for http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5079 If the timestamp is set to before epoch i.e. a negative timestamp then the file may have its date set into the future on 64-bit systems. So when the timestamp is read it must be cast as signed. Index: linux-2.6.21/include/linux/ext4_fs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21.orig/include/linux/ext4_fs.h +++ linux-2.6.21/include/linux/ext4_fs.h @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ do { \ #define EXT4_INODE_GET_XTIME(xtime, inode, raw_inode) \ do { \ - (inode)->xtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu((raw_inode)->xtime); \ + (inode)->xtime.tv_sec = (signed)le32_to_cpu((raw_inode)->xtime); \ if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, EXT4_I(inode), xtime ## _extra)) \ ext4_decode_extra_time(&(inode)->xtime, \ raw_inode->xtime ## _extra); \ @@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ do { \ #define EXT4_EINODE_GET_XTIME(xtime, einode, raw_inode) \ do { \ if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, einode, xtime)) \ - (einode)->xtime.tv_sec = le32_to_cpu((raw_inode)->xtime); \ + (einode)->xtime.tv_sec = \ + (signed)le32_to_cpu((raw_inode)->xtime); \ if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, einode, xtime ## _extra)) \ ext4_decode_extra_time(&(einode)->xtime, \ raw_inode->xtime ## _extra); \ Thanks, Kalpak. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html