Re: [PATCH] xfstests: test timestamps before the epoch

[Alex Elder <aelder@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 07:27 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> This one actually ends up failing on XFS for me:
> 
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  QA output created by 258
>  Creating file with timestamp of Jan 1, 1960
>  -Stat of file yields: -315593940
>  +Stat of file yields: -315615540
>   Remounting to flush cache
>  -Stat of file yields: -315593940
>  +Stat of file yields: -315615540
> 
> Note that we still get the same for both, it just seems XFS rounds it
> a bit different.


I haven't seen this one fail.  Must have to do with
some FS configuration options (like blocksize or
something).

                                        -Alex