linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] input: serio: Replace timeval by timespec64

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Date:   Tue, 13 Sep 2016 17:13:48 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        y2038@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] input: serio: Replace timeval by timespec64

On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 7:10:05 AM CEST Deepa Dinamani wrote:
> struct timeval is not y2038 safe.
> All references to timeval will be deleted from the
> kernel to make it y2038 safe.
> Replace its uses by y2038 safe struct timespec64.
> 
> The timestamps changed here only keep track of delta
> times. These timestamps are also internal to kernel.
> Hence, monotonic times are sufficient here.
> The unit of the delta times is also changed in certain
> cases to nanoseconds rather than microseconds. This is
> in line with timespec64 which keeps time in nanoseconds.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
> 

Looks all correct to me,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

I think it could be done a little nicer using ktime_get()
instead of ktime_get_ts64(), but probably nobody cares with
this driver.

	Arnd