From: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] Ext4: Fix extended timestamp encoding and decoding Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:10:53 +0100 Message-ID: <3495329.crWmoA5ACn@wuerfel> References: <20151120145422.18930.72662.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20151120145434.18930.89755.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20151124193646.GA3482@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: David Howells , linux-afs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-nfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, samba-technical-w/Ol4Ecudpl8XjKLYN78aQ@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-ext4-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Theodore Ts'o Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20151124193646.GA3482-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-cifs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 24 November 2015 14:36:46 Theodore Ts'o wrote: > This is the patch I would prefer to use (and in fact which I have > added to the ext4 tree): > > There are issues with 32-bit vs 64-bit encoding of times before > January 1, 1970, which are handled with this patch which is not > handled with what you have in your patch series. So I'd prefer if you > drop this patch, and I'll get this sent to Linus as a bug fix for 4.4. I'm happy with either one. Apparently both Davids have arrived with almost the same algorithm and implementation, with the exception of the pre-1970 handling you mention there. Arnd