linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: comedi: avoid using timeval

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:06:24 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>,
	H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Leslie Klein <lesliebklein@...il.com>
Cc:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: comedi: avoid using timeval

It depends on user space whether this is safe or not: if programs
interpret the data as a signed time_t value, they will be broken
in y2038, and we have to redesign the entire interface.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index 629080f39db0..fe50d1f823c6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -1256,16 +1256,17 @@ static int parse_insn(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_insn *insn,
 		switch (insn->insn) {
 		case INSN_GTOD:
 			{
-				struct timeval tv;
+				struct timespec64 tv;
 
 				if (insn->n != 2) {
 					ret = -EINVAL;
 					break;
 				}
 
-				do_gettimeofday(&tv);
+				ktime_get_real_ts64(&tv);
 				data[0] = tv.tv_sec;
-				data[1] = tv.tv_usec;
+				/* unsigned data safe until 2106 */
+				data[1] = tv.tv_nsec / NSEC_PER_USEC;
 				ret = 2;
 
 				break;
-- 
2.9.0