Re: [PATCH 3/6] ext4: use ktime_get_real_seconds for i_dtime

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 7:27 PM, Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jun 20, 2018, at 9:33 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> We only care about the low 32-bit for i_dtime as explained in commit
>> b5f515735bea ("ext4: avoid Y2038 overflow in recently_deleted()"), so
>> the use of get_seconds() is correct here, but that function is getting
>> removed in the process of the y2038 fixes, so let's use the modern
>> ktime_get_real_seconds() here.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks OK, one minor cleanup possible.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx>
>>       ext4_orphan_del(handle, inode);
>> -     EXT4_I(inode)->i_dtime  = get_seconds();
>> +     EXT4_I(inode)->i_dtime  = ktime_get_real_seconds();
>
> Not strictly necessary, but it might be good from a code clarity POV
> to use:
>
>         EXT4_I(inode)->i_dtime  = (__u32)ktime_get_real_seconds();
>
> so that it is more clear we are aware that this is being truncated
> to a 32-bit value.

Right, I've been a bit inconsistent here across file systems, I've
done this in some other ones, using either a cast or a lower_32_bits()
function call. Changed it as you suggested here now.

     Arnd