linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mpt3sas: Remove usage of 'struct timeval'

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Message-ID: <1561298.UGYTUHuOD6@c203>
Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:16:18 +0200
From:	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:	Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
Cc:	MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...adcom.com, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	y2038@...ts.linaro.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mpt3sas: Remove usage of 'struct timeval'

On Mittwoch, 13. April 2016 00:01:40 CEST Tina Ruchandani wrote:
> 'struct timeval' will have its tv_sec value overflow on 32-bit systems
> in year 2038 and beyond. This patch replaces the use of struct timeval
> for computing mpi_request.TimeStamp, and instead uses ktime_t which provides
> 64-bit seconds value. The timestamp computed remains unaffected (milliseconds
> since Unix epoch).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>

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