Re: [PATCH] ext2: use ktime_get_real_seconds for timestamps

From: Jan Kara
Date: Wed Jun 20 2018 - 10:42:04 EST


On Wed 20-06-18 16:31:40, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> get_seconds() is deprecated because of the y2038 overflow, so users
> should migrate to 64-bit timestamps using ktime_get_real_seconds().
> In ext2, the timestamps in the superblock and in the inode are all
> limited to 32-bit, and this won't get fixed, so let's just stop
> using the deprecated interface and keep truncating.
>
> All users of ext2 should migrate to ext4 before 2038 to prevent this
> from causing problems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks. The patch looks good modulo one line-wrap in fs/ext2/super.c but
I'll take care of that when taking the patch to my tree.

Honza

> ---
> fs/ext2/inode.c | 2 +-
> fs/ext2/super.c | 6 +++---
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
> index 71635909df3b..7f7ee18fe179 100644
> --- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void ext2_evict_inode(struct inode * inode)
> if (want_delete) {
> sb_start_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
> /* set dtime */
> - EXT2_I(inode)->i_dtime = get_seconds();
> + EXT2_I(inode)->i_dtime = ktime_get_real_seconds();
> mark_inode_dirty(inode);
> __ext2_write_inode(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
> /* truncate to 0 */
> diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
> index 25ab1274090f..25e31afe961d 100644
> --- a/fs/ext2/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
> @@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ static int ext2_setup_super (struct super_block * sb,
> "running e2fsck is recommended");
> else if (le32_to_cpu(es->s_checkinterval) &&
> (le32_to_cpu(es->s_lastcheck) +
> - le32_to_cpu(es->s_checkinterval) <= get_seconds()))
> + le32_to_cpu(es->s_checkinterval) <= ktime_get_real_seconds()))
> ext2_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING,
> "warning: checktime reached, "
> "running e2fsck is recommended");
> @@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ void ext2_sync_super(struct super_block *sb, struct ext2_super_block *es,
> spin_lock(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_lock);
> es->s_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le32(ext2_count_free_blocks(sb));
> es->s_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le32(ext2_count_free_inodes(sb));
> - es->s_wtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds());
> + es->s_wtime = cpu_to_le32(ktime_get_real_seconds());
> /* unlock before we do IO */
> spin_unlock(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_lock);
> mark_buffer_dirty(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
> @@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ static int ext2_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data)
> * the rdonly flag and then mark the partition as valid again.
> */
> es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
> - es->s_mtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds());
> + es->s_mtime = cpu_to_le32(ktime_get_real_seconds());
> spin_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
>
> err = dquot_suspend(sb, -1);
> --
> 2.9.0
>
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR