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Message-ID: <CA+55aFx=A5nJgtxx9utSWzmmiDRuOwDXtVr0t_eg=9T6Z_ygPA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:45:55 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        y2038@...ts.linaro.org, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
        Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>,
        Ryusuke KONISHI <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] Introduce current_time() api

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 7:48 AM, Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
> The series is aimed at getting rid of CURRENT_TIME and CURRENT_TIME_SEC macros.
> The macros are not y2038 safe. There is no plan to transition them into being
> y2038 safe.

This version looks ok to me.

Al, would you be willing to queue this up for 4.9?

                Linus