Re: [PATCH] ext4: avoid Y2038 overflow in recently_deleted()

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On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Avoid a 32-bit time overflow in recently_deleted() since i_dtime
> (inode deletion time) is stored only as a 32-bit value on disk.
> Since i_dtime isn't used for much beyond a boolean value in e2fsck
> and is otherwise only used in this function in the kernel, there is
> no benefit to use more space in the inode for this field on disk.
>
> Instead, compare only the relative deletion time with the low
> 32 bits of the time using the newly-added time_before32() helper,
> which is similar to time_before() and time_after() for jiffies.
>
> Increase RECENTCY_DIRTY to 300s based on Ted's comments about
> usage experience at Google.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx>
> Change-Id: I7402e1b3d49ea326f872ec8324933f42b502b9be

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Sorry for the late reply.



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