Re: [PATCH 00/14] xfs: widen timestamps to deal with y2038

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On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 12:20:59PM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 3:11 AM Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This series performs some refactoring of our timestamp and inode
> > encoding functions, then retrofits the timestamp union to handle
> > timestamps as a 64-bit nanosecond counter.  Next, it refactors the quota
> > grace period expiration timer code a bit before implementing bit
> > shifting to widen the effective counter size to 34 bits.  This enables
> > correct time handling on XFS through the year 2486.
> >
> 
> I intend to start review of this series.
> I intend to focus on correctness of conversions and on backward
> forward compatibility.
> 
> I saw Eric's comments on quota patches and that you mentioned
> you addressed some of them. I do not intend to review correctness
> of existing quota code anyway ;-)
> 
> I see that you updated the branch 3 days ago and that patch 2/14
> was dropped. I assume the rest of the series is mostly unchanged,
> but I can verify that before reviewing each patch.
> 
> As far as you are concerned, should I wait for v2 or can I continue
> to review this series?

I plan to rebase the whole series after 5.8-rc1, but if you'd like to
look at the higher level details (particularly in the quota code, which
is a bit murky) sooner than later, I don't mind emailing out what I have
now.

--D

> Thanks,
> Amir.
> 
> 
> 
> > If you're going to start using this mess, you probably ought to just
> > pull from my git trees, which are linked below.
> >
> > This is an extraordinary way to destroy everything.  Enjoy!
> > Comments and questions are, as always, welcome.
> >
> > --D
> >
> > kernel git tree:
> > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/djwong/xfs-linux.git/log/?h=bigtime
> >
> > xfsprogs git tree:
> > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/djwong/xfsprogs-dev.git/log/?h=bigtime
> >
> > fstests git tree:
> > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/djwong/xfstests-dev.git/log/?h=bigtime



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