src,fs: calculate times as unsigned long #13281

refack · 2017-05-29T12:36:24Z

Checklist

make -j4 test (UNIX), or vcbuild test (Windows) passes
tests and/or benchmarks are included
commit message follows commit guidelines

Affected core subsystem(s)

fs

gibfahn · 2017-05-29T16:02:10Z

test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js

  assert.strictEqual(tests_ok, tests_run);
-});
+});


Needs a newline at the end of the file

refack · 2017-05-29T16:04:46Z

"Dry run" CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/10219/

addaleax · 2017-05-29T16:08:46Z

test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js

@@ -164,7 +164,23 @@ runTest(new Date('1982-09-10 13:37'), new Date('1982-09-10 13:37'), function() {
 });


+if (common.isWindows) {
+  common.refreshTempDir


This should be a call, right?

addaleax · 2017-05-29T16:12:59Z

test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js

+  const path = `${common.tmpDir}/test-utimes-precision`;
+  fs.writeFileSync(path, '');
+
+  const truncate_mtime = 1713037251360;


I think it would help with readability if you could add a comment explaining why these magic values are magic (I had to dig into the libuv sources, and I’m still not quite sure I got it right). ;)

Tryied to hint with the name, but will add a comment.

addaleax · 2017-05-29T16:18:05Z

src/node_file.cc

-                (s->st_##name.tv_nsec / 1e6); \
+#define X(idx, name)                                                      \
+  fields[idx] = (static_cast<unsigned long>(s->st_##name.tv_sec) * 1e3) + \
+                (static_cast<unsigned long>(s->st_##name.tv_nsec) / 1e6); \


I think it would be a good idea if you could leave a comment here, explaining why this is needed.

And just so I get it right; this is needed because tv_sec overflows? I think the real problem in that case is that we don’t check for overflows in libuv during fs__utime_handle, which we probably should? Am I getting it totally wrong?

refack · 2017-05-29T16:55:38Z

delint @ added comments
new "Dry Run" CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/10223/

addaleax · 2017-05-29T16:57:01Z

src/node_file.cc

-  fields[3] = s->st_uid;
-  fields[4] = s->st_gid;
-  fields[5] = s->st_rdev;
+  fields[0] = static_cast<double>(s->st_dev);


These changes seem unrelated, and I don’t think they are actually changing anything?

They remove warnings, but I'll kick them out since I have a more "warning reducing" PR cooking

addaleax · 2017-05-29T16:58:45Z

test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js

+  const truncate_stats = fs.statSync(path);
+  assert.strictEqual(truncate_mtime, truncate_stats.mtime.getTime());
+
+  // if this value is cast to `signed long` it gets converted to -2135622133469


That’s not really a comment explaining what’s happening…

It’s not like (signed long) 2159345162531 == -2135622133469 – it’s more complicated than that, it definitely relates to how the Windows API deals with timestamps.

It's almost that simple https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/deps/uv/src/win/fs.c#L91
NTFS stores times in nanoseconds in a uint64_t but when uv converts it down to long we get 2's complement.

Hm. Then maybe we should cast back to unsigned only on Windows?

But really, I’m not sure whether this is the right approach, or if we are better off throwing in utimes if the time is not representable as a long…

I added to the comment why it's not a problem in POSIX, because there timestamps are stored in two fields struct {long t_sec, long t_usec}, and neither can overflow.
The problem is just how we convert from the NTFS uint64_t that hold nanoseconds, back to seconds.
IMHO This change is safe, since even the numbers from NTFS if properly converted to seconds fit in a long and in a double. (notice that the actual call to utimesSync divides these numbers by 1000). Also no FS will give us negative times, and the paper mentioned in the bug (interpretation-of-ntfs-timestamps), says we just need to interpret it right.

You might be right in that the calculations in https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/deps/uv/src/win/fs.c#L91 should be done with uint

refack · 2017-05-29T17:50:30Z

more cleanup.
new "Dry Run" CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/10226/

addaleax

Thanks for the updates! Looks good assuming we’re switching back to not doing 32-bit math.

addaleax · 2017-05-29T18:10:07Z

src/node_file.cc

-                (s->st_##name.tv_nsec / 1e6); \
+#define X(idx, name)                                                 \
+  fields[idx] = (static_cast<uint32_t>(s->st_##name.tv_sec) * 1e3) + \
+                (static_cast<uint32_t>(s->st_##name.tv_nsec) / 1e6); \


Y2k38 bug? ;) I think doing the math in uint64_t (or double because it’s getting converted anyway) as you had it before was fine, is there any reason to switch?

This whole fix turns Y2K38 to something like Y3K16
But there's a bug when doing static_cast<uint64_t> since the MSB is 1, it blows up to a huge number.
Also long (a.k.a. int32_t) to uint32_t is faster / stabler anyway.

*static_cast<uint64_t>

This whole fix turns Y2K38 to something like Y3K16

Ah, right. (Still not great, but yes, it’s better.)

But there's a bug when doing static_cast<uint64_t> since the MSB is 1, it blows up to a huge number.

You have the overflow problem anyway, though? Also, this doesn’t happen if you cast to double directly.

since casting to double is a calculation is comes out a negative double.
Maybe a reinterpret_cast<uint64_t> or static_cast<uint64_t>(static_cast<uint32_t>()) first inner one to convince the compiler it's a positive number...

@refack The thing is, I’m not sure you can count on long being 32-bit on all those odd systems that Node supports. unsigned long is the right thing anyway if you are reading from a long.

That was my initial thought but the linter was angry at me:
for
(static_cast<unsigned long>(s->st_##name.tv_sec) * 1e3)
it spet out
src/node_file.cc:483: Use int16/int64/etc, rather than the C type long [runtime/int] [4]
got the same for:
(unsigned long)(s->st_##name.tv_sec) * 1e3)

That was my initial thought

Good that we agree, though. :)

but the linter was angry at me:

// NOLINT(runtime/int) should help, although I’m not sure where exactly you need to place that

addaleax · 2017-05-29T18:11:57Z

test/parallel/test-fs-utimes.js

+
+  // This value if treaded as a `signed long` gets converted to -2135622133469.
+  // POSIX systems stores timestamps in {long t_sec, long t_usec}.
+  // NTFS stores times in nanoseconds in a single `uint64_t`, so when `uv`


s/uv/libuv/

addaleax

Thank you!

refack · 2017-05-29T19:49:14Z

Thank you!

No thank you!

Just linter: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-linter/9444/
windows: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-windows-fanned/9436/
and linuxone: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-linuxone/6238/

refack · 2017-06-01T01:59:42Z

@sciolist This looks like the other half of #12607 now we're fixing Y2k38

sciolist · 2017-06-01T09:51:54Z

fs dates on windows is a gift that keeps on giving.

Would it be bad to have the 2k38 test use 2159345163000 and let it run on non-windows as well?

refack · 2017-06-01T14:19:11Z

Would it be bad to have the 2k38 test use 2159345163000 and let it run on non-windows as well?

good idea 👍 (even though there it's kept as seconds, not millis)

refack · 2017-06-01T14:58:09Z

"Dry run" CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/10275/

sciolist · 2017-06-01T17:07:48Z

@refack yeah that's why i suggested increasing the number to a full second, but your method is nicer and a lot clearer what it's testing for. I was interested in seeing if all the other platforms would handle 2k38, seems like most of them did fine at least. :)

refack · 2017-06-01T18:53:13Z

Dry run CI:https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/10283/

refack · 2017-06-27T16:37:25Z

Rerun CI: https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit/10787/

refack · 2017-06-27T21:02:15Z

Preland extra sanity: ~~https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-linuxone/6898/~~
~~https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-linuxone/6899/~~
https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-linuxone/6900/

PR-URL: nodejs#13281 Fixes: nodejs#13255 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>

PR-URL: #13281 Fixes: #13255 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>

MylesBorins · 2017-08-14T20:35:49Z

Should this land in LTS?

Does it have any chance of changing behavior?

refack · 2017-08-14T22:45:49Z

Does it have any chance of changing behavior?

~~Not~~ No change in correct behaviour. It solves Y2K38 on ~~linux~~ POSIX, and enables higher precision times on Windows for use by #13173 (noop on current Stats otherwise)

MylesBorins · 2017-09-19T15:52:59Z

This is not landing cleanly, ca you please backport with relevant commits

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src,fs: calculate times as unsigned long

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PR-URL: nodejs#13281 Fixes: nodejs#13255 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>

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src,fs: calculate times as unsigned long

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PR-URL: #13281 Fixes: #13255 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>

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v8.2.0 proposal #13744

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fs.utimes truncate date #13520

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src,fs: calculate times as unsigned long

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PR-URL: #13281 Fixes: #13255 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>

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src: round nsec instead of truncating stat times #12607

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src,fs: calculate times as unsigned long

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PR-URL: #13281 Fixes: #13255 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>

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fs: expose Stats times as Numbers #13173

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parallel/test-fs-utimes y2k38 test fails on mips(el) #17909

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