On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 03:30:04PM -0800, Deepa Dinamani wrote: > Add fields to the superblock to track the min and max > timestamps supported by filesystems. > > Initially, when a superblock is allocated, initialize > it to the max and min values the fields can hold. > Individual filesystems override these to match their > actual limits. > > Pseudo filesystems are assumed to always support the > min and max allowable values for the fields. > @@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ struct dentry *mount_pseudo_xattr(struct file_system_type *fs_type, char *name, > + s->s_time_min = TIME64_MIN; > + s->s_time_max = TIME64_MAX; > @@ -518,6 +520,8 @@ int simple_fill_super(struct super_block *s, unsigned long magic, > + s->s_time_min = TIME64_MIN; > + s->s_time_max = TIME64_MAX; > @@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type, int flags, > + s->s_time_min = TIME64_MIN; > + s->s_time_max = TIME64_MAX; If we always initialize them that way, why does libfs.c code bother reassign the same values?