linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH 2/6] ipc: mqueue: Replace timespec with timespec64

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Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:15:45 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
        y2038@...ts.linaro.org, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 2/6] ipc: mqueue: Replace timespec with timespec64

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
> struct timespec is not y2038 safe. Replace
> all uses of timespec by y2038 safe struct timespec64.
>
> Even though timespec is used here to represent timeouts,
> replace these with timespec64 so that it facilitates
> in verification by creating a y2038 safe kernel image
> that is free of timespec.
>
> The syscall interfaces themselves are not changed as part
> of the patch. They will be part of a different series.
>
> Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
> Cc: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
> Cc: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/audit.h |  6 +++---
>  ipc/mqueue.c          | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
>  kernel/audit.h        |  2 +-
>  kernel/auditsc.c      | 12 ++++++------
>  4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Something is wrong here ... I already merged your audit y2038 fixes,
you can see them in Linus' tree right now.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com