Re: [PATCH 2/2] vfs: support statx(..., NULL, AT_EMPTY_PATH, ...)

[Xi Ruoyao]

On Wed, 2024-07-03 at 10:09 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > And should we add stat_time64, fstat_time64, and fstatat_time64 to stop
> > using statx on 32-bit platforms too as it's disgusting?
> 
> We already have 'stat64' for 32-bit platforms. We have had it for over
> 25 years - it predates not only the kernel git tree, it predates the
> BK tree too.
> 
> I think stat64 was introduced in 2.3.34. That is literally last century.

struct stat64 {

// ...

    int     st_atime;   /* Time of last access.  */
    unsigned int    st_atime_nsec;
    int     st_mtime;   /* Time of last modification.  */
    unsigned int    st_mtime_nsec;
    int     st_ctime;   /* Time of last status change.  */
    unsigned int    st_ctime_nsec;
    unsigned int    __unused4;
    unsigned int    __unused5;
};

> Anybody who tries to make this about 2037 is being actively dishonest.

> Why are people even discussing this pointless thing?

So are we going to drop 32-bit support before 2037?  Then yes it'd be
pointless and I can live (even easier) without 32-bit things.

Otherwise, we still have 13 years before 2037 but this does not render
the thing pointless.  We still have to provide a 64-bit time stamp soon
or later.

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Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University