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Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 23:37:13 -0700
From: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
To: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
linux-usb <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: usbmon: Use 64bit timestamp for mon_bin_hdr
> but the timestamp will also overflow. So what is the point?
>
The 32-bit timestamp obtained using do_gettimeofday() will overflow in
year 2038. However, with 64-bit timestamps, we get practically
infinite time. mon_bin_hdr already has support for a 64-bit seconds
timestamp. This patch changes how it is populated.
Thanks,
Tina
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