linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] coredump: Use 64bit time for unix time of coredump

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Message-ID: <20151125161633.GR22011@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:16:33 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>,
	y2038@...ts.linaro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, john.stultz@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] coredump: Use 64bit time for unix time of coredump

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 04:22:25PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> struct timeval on 32-bit systems will have its tv_sec
> value overflow in year 2038 and beyond.
> Use a 64 bit value to print time of the coredump in seconds.
> ktime_get_real_seconds is chosen here for efficiency reasons.
> 
> Suggested by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> I've had this patch in my queue for a while, and would like for
> someone to pick it up into mainline.

Applied.
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