Re: "beyond 2038" warnings from loopback mount is noisy

[Deepa Dinamani]

> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > index 9e3ae3be3de9..5a971d1b6d5e 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > @@ -835,7 +835,9 @@ do {
> >                                  \
> >                 }
> >          \
> >         else    {\
> >                 (raw_inode)->xtime = cpu_to_le32(clamp_t(int32_t,
> > (inode)->xtime.tv_sec, S32_MIN, S32_MAX));    \
> > -               ext4_warning_inode(inode, "inode does not support
> > timestamps beyond 2038"); \
> > +               if (((inode)->xtime.tv_sec != (raw_inode)->xtime) &&     \
> > +                   ((inode)->i_sb->s_time_max > S32_MAX))
> >          \
> > +                       ext4_warning_inode(inode, "inode does not
> > support timestamps beyond 2038"); \
> >         } \
> >  } while (0)
>
> Sure, that's much less objectionable.

The reason it was warning for every update was because of the
ratelimiting. I think ratelimiting is not working well here. I will
check that part.

-Deepa