Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-wg0-f44.google.com ([74.125.82.44]:33917 "EHLO mail-wg0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755272AbaEaOvw (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 May 2014 10:51:52 -0400 Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 16:51:15 +0200 From: Richard Cochran To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hch@infradead.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, hpa@zytor.com, logfs@logfs.org, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, joseph@codesourcery.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org, codalist@TELEMANN.coda.cs.cmu.edu, cluster-devel@redhat.com, coda@cs.cmu.edu, geert@linux-m68k.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, fuse-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com, john.stultz@linaro.org, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net, samba-technical@lists.samba.org, linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, lftan@altera.com, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC 00/32] making inode time stamps y2038 ready Message-ID: <20140531145114.GA3721@localhost.localdomain> References: <1401480116-1973111-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1401480116-1973111-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 10:01:24PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > I picked this because it is a fairly isolated problem, as the > inode time stamps are rarely assigned to any other time values. > As a byproduct of this work, I documented for each of the file > systems we support how long the on-disk format can work[1]. Why are some of the time stamp expiration dates marked as "never"? Thanks, Richard