linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] timer updates for 4.19

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Date:   Mon, 27 Aug 2018 10:34:01 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] timer updates for 4.19

On Mon, 27 Aug 2018, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Only a handful of syscalls actually require that complexity, most of them
> need only two entry points either way (32-bit time, and 64-bit time), the
> question is what we call them. I have a mild preference for the second
> version after the discussion with Christoph, but I'm also fine with going back
> to the orignal plan if you like that better after all.

Nah, lets use that old_ naming scheme for the existing 32bit time mess and
use compat for everything which is truly compat in the sense of 32bit on
64bit.

Thanks,

	tglx