linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 05/12] time: Convert rtc_tm_to_time_unsafe() to rtc_tm_to_time() in rtc

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1410272312000.5308@nanos>
Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:13:39 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	"pang.xunlei" <pang.xunlei@...aro.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 05/12] time: Convert rtc_tm_to_time_unsafe() to
 rtc_tm_to_time() in rtc_hctosys()

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, pang.xunlei wrote:
> > The kernel uses 32-bit signed value(time_t) for seconds since 1970-01-01:00:00:00, so it
> > will overflow at 2038-01-19 03:14:08 on 32-bit systems. We call this "2038 safety" issue.
> 
> We really know that by now. No need to repeat that for every patch. 
>  
> > As part of addressing 2038 saftey for in-kernel uses, this patch creates no functional change
> > in existing users, and converts rtc_tm_to_time_unsafe() to rtc_tm_to_time() in rtc_hctosys().
> 
> Please line break your changelogs properly. That's how it should look
> like:
> 
> > As part of addressing 2038 saftey for in-kernel uses, this patch
> > creates no functional change in existing users, and converts
> > rtc_tm_to_time_unsafe() to rtc_tm_to_time() in rtc_hctosys().
>  
> Can you spot the difference?
> 
> > @@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ static int __init rtc_hctosys(void)
> >  {
> >  	int err = -ENODEV;
> >  	struct rtc_time tm;
> > -	struct timespec tv = {
> > +	struct timespec64 tv = {
> >  		.tv_nsec = NSEC_PER_SEC >> 1,
> >  	};
> > +	struct timespec ts32;
> 
> So this is exactly why I dislike this whole flag day conversion
> thing. If you add
> 
>        rtc_tm_to_time64()
>        do_settimeofday64()
> 
> in the first place, you can convert the whole function in one go
> without introducing intermediate variables which then need to be
> undone later again.

Aside of that ts32 is a complete misnomer because on 64 bit struct
timespec already has a 64bit seconds representation.

Thanks,

	tglx
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