From: Richard Cochran Subject: Re: [RFC 00/32] making inode time stamps y2038 ready Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2014 06:44:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20140601044436.GC3722@localhost.localdomain> References: <1401480116-1973111-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> <20140531145114.GA3721@localhost.localdomain> <6347520.8jMPlVsFjM@wuerfel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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@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 To: Arnd Bergmann Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6347520.8jMPlVsFjM@wuerfel> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 05:23:02PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Saturday 31 May 2014 16:51:15 Richard Cochran wrote: > > > > Why are some of the time stamp expiration dates marked as "never"? > > It's an approximation: Also, the term "never" might mean using arbitrarily long integers as in ASN.1. Thanks, Richard