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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v2] xen/pcifront: Remove usage of
	struct timeval
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 14:21:50 +0200
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On Tuesday 19 May 2015 11:38:09 Tina Ruchandani wrote:
> struct timeval uses a 32-bit field for representing seconds,
> which will overflow in the year 2038 and beyond. This patch replaces
> struct timeval with 64-bit ktime_t which is 2038 safe.
> The patch is part of a larger effort to remove instances of
> 32-bit timekeeping variables (timeval, time_t and timespec)
> from the kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> 

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>