In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Diomidis Spinellis writes: >dds 2006-01-03 21:58:22 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/kern vfs_syscalls.c > Log: > Normalize the tv_usec part of the utimes(2) arguments to ensure > that a file's atime and mtime are only set to correct fractional > second values (0-999999000ns with the current interface). > Prior to this change users could create files with values outside > that range. Moreover, on 32-bit machines tv_usec offsets larger than > 4.3s would result in an unnormalized AND wrong timestamp value, > due to overflow.
I think this is wrong. We should return EINVAL if the fractional part is not correct. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
