linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] oss: avoid time

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Message-ID: <s5h1t3v7uo6.wl-tiwai@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:32:25 +0200
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	"Jaroslav Kysela" <perex@...ex.cz>, <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] oss: avoid time_t usage

On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:30:03 +0200,
Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> We want to remove all time_t users from the kernel because of
> y2038 compatibility. This particular instance does not even
> use time_t to store a seconds value, so we can simply use
> 'unsigned int', which seems more fitting anywhere.
> 
> The same code is used in two OSS files.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied, thanks.


Takashi