netdev - Re: [v3] prism54: isl_38xx: Replace 'struct timeval'

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Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 09:10:14 +0000 (UTC)
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, y2038@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v3] prism54: isl_38xx: Replace 'struct timeval'


> 'struct timeval' uses a 32-bit seconds field which will overflow in
> year 2038 and beyond. This patch is part of a larger effort to remove
> all instances of 'struct timeval' from the kernel and replace them
> with 64-bit timekeeping variables.
> The patch also fixes the debug printf specifier to avoid the
> seconds value being truncated.
> The patch was build-tested / debugged by removing the
> "if VERBOSE > SHOW_ERROR_MESSAGES" guards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Thanks, applied to wireless-drivers-next.git.

Kalle Valo