5.10 Merge window, part 1

Posted Oct 18, 2020 11:24 UTC (Sun) by thumperward (guest, #34368)
Parent article: 5.10 Merge window, part 1

Is there a year 2468 problem?

5.10 Merge window, part 1

Posted Oct 19, 2020 5:23 UTC (Mon) by matthias (subscriber, #94967) [Link]

Now, there is. XFS has chosen to use a 64 bit nanosecond counter with the minimal value being in December 1901.

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5.10 Merge window, part 1

Posted Oct 19, 2020 14:34 UTC (Mon) by willy (subscriber, #9762) [Link]

The art of choosing new limits is finding one which will not be force a format change. I'm anticipating a larger format change in the next 50 years, and at that time XFS can go to larger timestamps.