linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] ntp/pps: use y2038 safe types in pps_event

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Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:25:39 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
cc:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>,
	linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com,
	Shradha Shah <sshah@...arflare.com>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] ntp/pps: use y2038 safe types in pps_event_time

On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> The pps_event_time uses two 'timespec' structures internally, which
> suffer from the y2038 problem. The uses of this structure are
> fairly self-contained in the pps code, so this replaces them all at
> once.
> 
> Unfortunately, this includes the sfc ethernet driver aside from the
> pps subsystem, so we change that one as well. Both touch the
> same data structure, and there probably is no good way to split
> the patch into smaller units.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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