linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] nfp: avoid using getnstimeofday64()

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Date:   Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:31:47 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, y2038@...ts.linaro.org,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>,
        John Hurley <john.hurley@...ronome.com>,
        Pieter Jansen van Vuuren 
        <pieter.jansenvanvuuren@...ronome.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] nfp: avoid using getnstimeofday64()

On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:20:17 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> getnstimeofday64 is deprecated in favor of the ktime_get() family of
> functions. The direct replacement would be ktime_get_real_ts64(),
> but I'm picking the basic ktime_get() instead:
> 
> - using a ktime_t simplifies the code compared to timespec64
> - using monotonic time instead of real time avoids issues caused
>   by a concurrent settimeofday() or during a leap second adjustment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

Thank you!