linux-kernel - Re: [Y2038] [RESEND PATCH v3] scsi: stex: Remove use of struct timeval

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Message-ID: <5227791.rORtZBSFWh@wuerfel>
Date:	Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:23 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org
Cc:	Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...n.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [RESEND PATCH v3] scsi: stex: Remove use of struct timeval

On Friday 30 October 2015 01:30:40 Tina Ruchandani wrote:
> Function stex_gettime uses 'struct timeval' whose tv_sec value
> will overflow on 32-bit systems in year 2038 and beyond. This patch
> replaces the use of struct timeval and do_gettimeofday with
> ktime_get_real_seconds, which returns a 64-bit seconds value.
> 
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
> 

For reference

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

I'm putting this into my y2038 tree so I don't forget it, but I'd hope
that James can apply it into scsi and I'll drop it again.

	Arnd
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