On Thu, 2013-11-07 at 17:03 +0100, Jan Kara wrote: > So I'm somewhat wondering: Previously we decoded tv_nsec regardless of > tv_sec size. After your patch we do it only if sizeof(time->tv_sec) > 4. Is > this an intended change? Why is it OK?
This is an error. Here is a corrected version of the patch. -- In ext4, the bottom two bits of {a,c,m}time_extra are used to extend the {a,c,m}time fields, deferring the year 2038 problem to the year 2446. The representation (which this patch does not alter) is a bit hackish, in that the most-significant bit is no longer (alone) sufficient to indicate the sign. That's because we're representing an asymmetric range, with seven times as many positive values as negative. When decoding these extended fields, for times whose bottom 32 bits would represent a negative number, sign extension causes the 64-bit extended timestamp to be negative as well, which is not what's intended. This patch corrects that issue, so that the only negative {a,c,m}times are those between 1901 and 1970 (as per 32-bit signed timestamps). Signed-off-by: David Turner <nova...@novalis.org> Reported-by: Mark Harris <mh8...@yahoo.com> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23732 --- fs/ext4/ext4.h | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h index af815ea..3c2d0b3 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h @@ -722,10 +722,15 @@ static inline __le32 ext4_encode_extra_time(struct timespec *time) static inline void ext4_decode_extra_time(struct timespec *time, __le32 extra) { - if (sizeof(time->tv_sec) > 4) - time->tv_sec |= (__u64)(le32_to_cpu(extra) & EXT4_EPOCH_MASK) - << 32; - time->tv_nsec = (le32_to_cpu(extra) & EXT4_NSEC_MASK) >> EXT4_EPOCH_BITS; + if (sizeof(time->tv_sec) > 4) { + u64 extra_bits = (__u64)(le32_to_cpu(extra) & EXT4_EPOCH_MASK); + if (time->tv_sec > 0 || extra_bits != EXT4_EPOCH_MASK) { + time->tv_sec &= 0xFFFFFFFF; + time->tv_sec |= extra_bits << 32; + } + } + time->tv_nsec = (le32_to_cpu(extra) & EXT4_NSEC_MASK) >> + EXT4_EPOCH_BITS; } #define EXT4_INODE_SET_XTIME(xtime, inode, raw_inode) \ -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/