linux-kernel - Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v2] ide: pdc202xx_new: Replace timeval with ktime

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Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:47:23 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org
Cc:	Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>,
	outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v2] ide: pdc202xx_new: Replace timeval with ktime_t

On Thursday 22 October 2015 18:15:50 Amitoj Kaur Chawla wrote:
> This driver uses 'struct timeval' which we are trying to remove since
> 32 bit time types will break in the year 2038 by replacing it with
> ktime_t.
> 
> This patch changes do_gettimeofday() to ktime_get() because
> ktime_get() returns a ktime_t while do_gettimeofday() returns struct
> timeval.
> 
> This patch also uses ktime_us_delta() to get the elapsed time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
> 

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