> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > index 9e3ae3be3de9..5a971d1b6d5e 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > @@ -835,7 +835,9 @@ do {
> > \
> > }
> > \
> > else {\
> > (raw_inode)->xtime = cpu_to_le32(clamp_t(int32_t,
> > (inode)->xtime.tv_sec, S32_MIN, S32_MAX)); \
> > - ext4_warning_inode(inode, "inode does not support
> > timestamps beyond 2038"); \
> > + if (((inode)->xtime.tv_sec != (raw_inode)->xtime) && \
> > + ((inode)->i_sb->s_time_max > S32_MAX))
> > \
> > + ext4_warning_inode(inode, "inode does not
> > support timestamps beyond 2038"); \
> > } \
> > } while (0)
>
> Sure, that's much less objectionable.
The reason it was warning for every update was because of the
ratelimiting. I think ratelimiting is not working well here. I will
check that part.
-Deepa
