From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] [DCCP]: Use 64-bit timekeeping Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2015 17:01:38 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20151101.170138.358342779450639583.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20151030082456.GA31370@tina-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dccp@vger.kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, y2038@lists.linaro.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: ruchandani.tina@gmail.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20151030082456.GA31370@tina-laptop> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Tina Ruchandani Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:24:56 -0700 > This patch changes the use of struct timespec in > dccp_probe to use struct timespec64 instead. timespec uses a 32-bit > seconds field which will overflow in the year 2038 and beyond. timespec64 > uses a 64-bit seconds field. Note that the correctness of the code isn't > changed, since the original code only uses the timestamps to compute a > small elapsed interval. This patch is part of a larger attempt to remove > instances of 32-bit timekeeping structures (timespec, timeval, time_t) > from the kernel so it is easier to identify where the real 2038 issues > are. > > Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani Applied, thanks.