linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] coredump: Use 64bit time for unix time of coredump

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Message-ID: <10182197.2ytoa1pSci@wuerfel>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:31:10 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] coredump: Use 64bit time for unix time of coredump

On Wednesday 28 January 2015 10:46:06 Tina Ruchandani wrote:
> struct timeval on 32-bit systems will have its tv_sec
> value overflow in year 2038 and beyond.
> Use a 64 bit value to print time of the coredump in seconds.
> ktime_get_real_seconds is chosen here for efficiency reasons.
> 
> Suggested by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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