linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] amdkfd: Convert timestamping to use 64bit time accessors

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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:24:27 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@....com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] amdkfd: Convert timestamping to use 64bit time accessors

On Thursday 12 March 2015 10:23:40 John Stultz wrote:
> Convert the timestamping in the amdkfd driver to use
> a timespec64 and 64bit time accessors.
> 
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Oded Gabbay <oded.gabbay@....com>
> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
> Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> 

The patch looks good, but I'd always include at least a one-liner
about what it's good for. In this case, the existing code
is completely safe beyond y2038 because you are dealing with
monotonic time, so it's worth mentioning that we do this in
order to kill off all uses of struct timespec.

	Arnd
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