linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/12] net: igb: avoid using timespec

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Message-ID: <20151002074716.GA3930@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 2 Oct 2015 09:47:16 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, y2038@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] net: igb: avoid using timespec

On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 10:01:57PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> I tried to use this pattern whenever I convert the 64-bit 'long long'
> tv_sec member of 'struct timespec64' into a 32-bit number, to annotate
> the loss of range.

Sounds reasonable to me.
 
> I have thought about defining separate helpers like this
...
> This would make it even more explicit, but my fear was that I was
> adding too much complexity like that.

I think a cast plus a comment when needed is clear enough.

Thanks,
Richard
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