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fs/ext2: generate Y2K38-resilient filesystems

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When creating a filesystem, mkfs.ext will chose the inode size depending
on the size of the filesystem. Small filesystem get 128-bytes inodes,
while bigger filesystems use 256-byte inodes (inode must be a power of 2
larger or equal to 128, and smaller or equal to the blocksize).

However, 128-byte inodes can't store timestamps past the dreaded
2038-01-19 03:14:07Z deadline, while inodes larger than or equal to 256
do not have the issue.

It turns out that the tipping point to decide whether a filesystem is
small or big, is about around the size of the filesystems we generate
for our runtime tests. This causes the kernel to emit warning like:

    ext2 filesystem being remounted at / supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff)

We add a new option to our ext2 filesystem, so that user can specify the
size of the inode. That new option defaults to 256 to be resilient to
the Y2K38 problem.

Note: it was already possible for users to explicitly pass the -I
option, through BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_MKFS_OPTIONS. We could have
chosen to extend the existing value with a -I 256, but that is not
satisfactory. Indeed, we do want to ensure that the default is now
Y2K38-OK, even for existing configurations that did not have explicit
setting.

We also pass that new option before the user-specified arbitrary ones,
so that BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_MKFS_OPTIONS still wins (in case -I was
set there).

Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
[Peter: tweak help text]
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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Yann E. MORIN 2022-11-20 21:42:26 +01:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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fs/ext2/Config.in
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@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODES
int "exact number of inodes (leave at 0 for auto calculation)"
default 0
config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODE_SIZE
int "inode size"
default 256
help
Set the size of inodes, in bytes, as a power of 2 larger or
equal to 128.
Set to 0 to let the filesystem generator decide based on the
file system size. If unsure, keep the default, 256.
Note: 128-byte inodes suffer of the Y2K38 problem, and can't
store timestamps beyond 2038-01-19 03:14:07Z.
config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_RESBLKS
int "reserved blocks percentage"
default 5

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fs/ext2/ext2.mk
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@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ ROOTFS_EXT2_OPTS = \
-N $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODES) \
-m $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_RESBLKS) \
-L "$(ROOTFS_EXT2_LABEL)" \
-I $(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_INODE_SIZE) \
$(ROOTFS_EXT2_MKFS_OPTS)
ROOTFS_EXT2_DEPENDENCIES = host-e2fsprogs