linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RESEND 3] qla2xxx: Remove use of 'struct timeval'

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Message-ID: <yq17fivix9w.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:14:35 -0500
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
	Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>,
	Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>,
	y2038@...ts.linaro.org, linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dept-Eng QLA2xxx Upstream <qla2xxx-upstream@...gic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RESEND 3] qla2xxx: Remove use of 'struct timeval'

>>>>> "Arnd" == Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:

Arnd> struct register_host_info stores a 64-bit UTC system time
Arnd> timestamp.  This patch removes the use of 'struct timeval' to
Arnd> obtain that timestamp as its tv_sec value will overflow on 32-bit
Arnd> systems in year 2038 beyond.  The patch uses
Arnd> ktime_get_real_seconds() which returns a 64-bit seconds value.

Applied to 4.6/scsi-queue.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering