linux-kernel - Re: [Y2038] [PATCH] Staging: media: lirc: Replace timeval with ktime

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Message-ID: <CAL7P5j+YfuysVeCyFQZ9DwN872Ke=PyE5fakBjdR-9h4VqN1pQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 8 Jun 2015 21:37:24 +0200
From:	Ksenija Stanojević <ksenija.stanojevic@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, mchehab@....samsung.com,
	jarod@...sonet.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH] Staging: media: lirc: Replace timeval with ktime_t

Hi Greg,

It's been over two weeks that I've sent this patch.  Have you missed it?

Thanks,
Ksenija

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> On Friday 22 May 2015 17:58:42 Ksenija Stanojevic wrote:
>> 'struct timeval last_tv' is used to get the time of last signal change
>> and 'struct timeval last_intr_tv' is used to get the time of last UART
>> interrupt.
>> 32-bit systems using 'struct timeval' will break in the year 2038, so we
>> have to replace that code with more appropriate types.
>> Here struct timeval is replaced with ktime_t.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ksenija Stanojevic <ksenija.stanojevic@...il.com>
>>
>
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
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