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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 1/4] kernel: time: Add current_nw_timestamp() for network timestamps
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:56:30 +0100
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Cc: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@gmail.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
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On Wednesday 24 February 2016 23:07:08 Deepa Dinamani wrote:
> ICMP timestamp messages and IP source route options require
> timestamps to be in milliseconds modulo 24 hours from
> midnight UTC format.
> 
> Add a time function to support this. The function returns the
> required timestamp in network byte order.
> 
> The function also uses y2038 safe time functions and data
> structures.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@gmail.com>
> 

For the implementation:

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

For where to put the code, I have no better idea, but I agree
with Hideaki Yoshifuji that it's a bit odd to place it in
kernel/*.c when it's only used by net/ipv4.

	Arnd