linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/21] time: Add time64_to

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:18:55 -0700
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/21] time: Add time64_to_tm()

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:04 PM, Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
> time_to_tm() takes time_t as an argument.
> time_t is not y2038 safe.
> Add time64_to_tm() that takes time64_t as an argument
> which is y2038 safe.
> The plan is to eventually replace all calls to time_to_tm()
> by time64_to_tm().
>
> Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
> Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

This looks sane to me. Are you hoping for me to queue this, or would
you like i to go though the fsdev maintainers with my ack?

In either case.

Acked-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>

thanks
-john