Re: [PATCH] cachefiles: avoid deprecated get_seconds()

From: David Howells
Date: Wed Jun 20 2018 - 06:58:39 EST


Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> - sprintf(nbuffer, "%08x%08x",
> - (uint32_t) get_seconds(),
> + sprintf(nbuffer, "%08llx%08x",
> + (uint64_t) ktime_get_real_seconds(),

It's not necessary to expand the 'time' field of the name. It's not
interpreted by userspace, it's just there to prevent collisions when moving
directories about. If your cache goes weird in the future because there was a
collision with an object that was moved to the graveyard 68 years ago and not
cleaned up, then that's probably a bug in cachefilesd.

But I've no objection to using ktime_get_real_seconds() and truncating the
value.

David