linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] [media] dvb-frontend: Replace timeval with ktime

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Date:	Mon, 01 Jun 2015 21:54:18 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
Cc:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@...sung.com>,
	Akihiro Tsukada <tskd08@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] [media] dvb-frontend: Replace timeval with ktime_t

On Sunday 31 May 2015 12:47:06 Tina Ruchandani wrote:
> struct timeval uses a 32-bit seconds representation which will
> overflow in the year 2038 and beyond. This patch replaces
> the usage of struct timeval with ktime_t which is a 64-bit
> timestamp and is year 2038 safe.
> This patch is part of a larger attempt to remove all instances
> of 32-bit timekeeping variables (timeval, timespec, time_t)
> which are not year 2038 safe, from the kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arndb@...db.de>
> 
> 


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