linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix half-Y2K38 problem in timecompare

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Message-ID: <8bd0f97a1001051128s272f9881q4f1418eba08f1478@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:28:27 -0500
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	patrick.ohly@...el.com, uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix half-Y2K38 problem in timecompare_update while 
	calculating offset

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 21:44, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 06:16, Barry Song wrote:
>> ktime will overflow from 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038,
>> ktime_add() in timecompare_update() will overflow a half earlier.
>> As a result, wrong offset will be gotten, then cause some strange
>> problems.
>
> Barry: you forgot to include your s-o-b tag ...

you still need to post your s-o-b if we want this to go any further
-mike
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