linux-kernel - Re: [Y2038] [PATCH] hp_sdc: fixed y2038 problem

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Message-ID: <5041745.xAgMz1TQSE@wuerfel>
Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 2015 11:01:50 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org
Cc:	WEN Pingbo <pingbo.wen@...aro.org>, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH] hp_sdc: fixed y2038 problem

On Sunday 18 October 2015 17:44:19 WEN Pingbo wrote:
> Two replacements happened in this patch:
>     1. using timespec64 to prevent time overflow in 2038
>     2. using ktime_get_ts64 to avoid wall time issues(leap second, etc)
> 
> Signed-off-by: WEN Pingbo <pingbo.wen@...aro.org>
> 

The patch looks correct, but I think this could be written a little
simpler and clearer using ktime_get() or ktime_getns().

	Arnd
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