2008-06-03 22:25:59

by Michael Kerrisk

Subject: [parch 1/4] vfs: utimensat(): ignore tv_sec if tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT or UTIME_NOW

The POSIX.1 draft spec for utimensat() says that if a times[n].tv_nsec
field is UTIME_OMIT or UTIME_NOW, then the value in the corresponding
tv_sec field is ignored. However the current Linux implementation
requires the tv_sec value to be zero (or the EINVAL error results).
This requirement should be removed.

CC: Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]>
CC: Al Viro <[email protected]>
CC: Ulrich Drepper <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>

--- linux-2.6.26-rc4/fs/utimes.c 2008-06-03 22:43:15.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.26-rc4-utimensat-fix-v4/fs/utimes.c 2008-06-03 22:41:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -169,14 +169,6 @@
if (utimes) {
if (copy_from_user(&tstimes, utimes, sizeof(tstimes)))
return -EFAULT;
- if ((tstimes[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT ||
- tstimes[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW) &&
- tstimes[0].tv_sec != 0)
- return -EINVAL;
- if ((tstimes[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT ||
- tstimes[1].tv_nsec == UTIME_NOW) &&
- tstimes[1].tv_sec != 0)
- return -EINVAL;

/* Nothing to do, we must not even check the path. */
if (tstimes[0].tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT &&

2008-06-04 04:28:34

by Miklos Szeredi

Subject: Re: [parch 1/4] vfs: utimensat(): ignore tv_sec if tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT or UTIME_NOW

> The POSIX.1 draft spec for utimensat() says that if a times[n].tv_nsec
> field is UTIME_OMIT or UTIME_NOW, then the value in the corresponding
> tv_sec field is ignored. However the current Linux implementation
> requires the tv_sec value to be zero (or the EINVAL error results).
> This requirement should be removed.
>
> CC: Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]>
> CC: Al Viro <[email protected]>
> CC: Ulrich Drepper <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>

Would it be possible to quote the relevant parts of the draft?
Otherwise

Acked-by: Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]>

2008-06-04 12:02:01

by Michael Kerrisk

Subject: Re: [parch 1/4] vfs: utimensat(): ignore tv_sec if tv_nsec == UTIME_OMIT or UTIME_NOW

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 6:27 AM, Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The POSIX.1 draft spec for utimensat() says that if a times[n].tv_nsec
>> field is UTIME_OMIT or UTIME_NOW, then the value in the corresponding
>> tv_sec field is ignored. However the current Linux implementation
>> requires the tv_sec value to be zero (or the EINVAL error results).
>> This requirement should be removed.
>>
>> CC: Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]>
>> CC: Al Viro <[email protected]>
>> CC: Ulrich Drepper <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>
>
> Would it be possible to quote the relevant parts of the draft?

Will do, for the next revision of this patch series.

> Otherwise
>
> Acked-by: Miklos Szeredi <[email protected]>
>



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