linux-kernel - Re: [Y2038] [PATCH, RESEND 2] qla2xxx: Remove use of 'struct timeval'

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Message-ID: <D2CBA845.D5960%himanshu.madhani@qlogic.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:26:03 +0000
From:	Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"y2038@...ts.linaro.org" <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>
CC:	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	Dept-Eng QLA2xxx Upstream <qla2xxx-upstream@...gic.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...n.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>,
	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH, RESEND 2] qla2xxx: Remove use of 'struct
 timeval'

Hi Arnd, 



On 1/22/16, 7:12 AM, "linux-scsi-owner@...r.kernel.org on behalf of Arnd
Bergmann" <linux-scsi-owner@...r.kernel.org on behalf of arnd@...db.de>
wrote:

>On Friday 22 January 2016 15:28:32 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> struct register_host_info stores a 64-bit UTC system time timestamp.
>> This patch removes the use of 'struct timeval' to obtain that timestamp
>> as its tv_sec value will overflow on 32-bit systems in year 2038 beyond.
>> The patch uses ktime_get_real_seconds() which returns a 64-bit seconds
>>value.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>> 
>
>
>
>I was missing
>
>From: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
>
>If anyone is going to pick this up, let me know whether you will fix
>it up yourself or if I should resend.

Please resend the patch and add Acked-by: Himanshu Madhani
<himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>

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Thanks,
- Himanshu