Dmitry V. Levin
1741937d47
The comment asserting that the value of struct statx_timestamp.tv_nsec
must be negative when statx_timestamp.tv_sec is negative, is wrong, as
could be seen from the following example:
#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
#include <assert.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
#include <linux/stat.h>
int main(void)
{
static const struct timespec ts[2] = {
{ .tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT },
{ .tv_sec = -2, .tv_nsec = 42 }
};
assert(utimensat(AT_FDCWD, ".", ts, 0) == 0);
struct stat st;
assert(stat(".", &st) == 0);
printf("st_mtim.tv_sec = %lld, st_mtim.tv_nsec = %lu\n",
(long long) st.st_mtim.tv_sec,
(unsigned long) st.st_mtim.tv_nsec);
struct statx stx;
assert(syscall(__NR_statx, AT_FDCWD, ".", 0, 0, &stx) == 0);
printf("stx_mtime.tv_sec = %lld, stx_mtime.tv_nsec = %lu\n",
(long long) stx.stx_mtime.tv_sec,
(unsigned long) stx.stx_mtime.tv_nsec);
return 0;
}
It expectedly prints:
st_mtim.tv_sec = -2, st_mtim.tv_nsec = 42
stx_mtime.tv_sec = -2, stx_mtime.tv_nsec = 42
The more generic comment asserting that the value of struct
statx_timestamp.tv_nsec might be negative is confusing to say the least.
It contradicts both the struct stat.st_[acm]time_nsec tradition and
struct timespec.tv_nsec requirements in utimensat syscall.
If statx syscall ever returns a stx_[acm]time containing a negative
tv_nsec that cannot be passed unmodified to utimensat syscall,
it will cause an immense confusion.
Fix this source of confusion by changing the type of struct
statx_timestamp.tv_nsec from __s32 to __u32.
Fixes: a528d35e8bfc ("statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available")
Signed-off-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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