linux-kernel - Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v2] char: ipmi: ipmi_ssif: Replace timeval with timespec64

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Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2015 21:53:23 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org
Cc:	Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>,
	outreachy-kernel@...glegroups.com,
	openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, minyard@....org
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v2] char: ipmi: ipmi_ssif: Replace timeval with timespec64

On Saturday 24 October 2015 01:21:04 Amitoj Kaur Chawla wrote:
> This patch replaces timeval with timespec64 as 32 bit 'struct timeval'
> will not give current time beyond 2038.
> 
> The patch changes the code to use ktime_get_real_ts64() which returns
> a 'struct timespec64' instead of do_gettimeofday() which returns a
> 'struct timeval'
> 
> This patch also alters the format string in pr_info() for now.tv_sec
> to incorporate 'long long' on 32 bit architectures.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
> 

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