linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] scsi: gdth: replace struct timeval with ktime_get_real

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Message-ID: <yq1fuwggqps.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>
Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:17:35 -0500
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	Alison Schofield <amsfield22@...il.com>
Cc:	achim_leubner@...-sierra.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	y2038@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] scsi: gdth: replace struct timeval with ktime_get_real_seconds()

>>>>> "Alison" == Alison Schofield <amsfield22@...il.com> writes:

Alison> struct timeval will overflow on 32-bit systems in y2038 and is
Alison> being removed from the kernel. Replace the use of struct timeval
Alison> and do_gettimeofday() with ktime_get_real_seconds() which
Alison> provides a 64-bit seconds value and is y2038 safe.

Applied to 4.6/scsi-queue.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering