linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Fix year 2038 issue for sound subsystem

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Date:   Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:17:58 +0200
From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:     "Mark Brown" <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Takashi Sakamoto" <o-takashi@...amocchi.jp>,
        <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>, <arnd@...db.de>,
        <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>, <bhumirks@...il.com>,
        <deepa.kernel@...il.com>, <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        <dharageswari.r@...el.com>, <gudishax.kranthikumar@...el.com>,
        <guneshwor.o.singh@...el.com>, <hardik.t.shah@...el.com>,
        <jeeja.kp@...el.com>, <naveen.m@...el.com>, <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
        <mingo@...nel.org>, "Baolin Wang" <baolin.wang@...aro.org>,
        <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, <perex@...ex.cz>, <fabf@...net.be>,
        <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Fix year 2038 issue for sound subsystem

On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:15:05 +0200,
Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 01:07:37PM +0900, Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> 
> > I note that at a development period for v4.5 kernel, ALSA developers
> > (mainly Iwai-san) fixed x32 ABI compatibility bugs. Then I prepared for
> > a rough set of test for ioctl command[3] to check his work. The set will
> > partly help your work, I think (but it's really rough).
> 
> Might it be worth trying to get these added to kselftest?  Seems like
> the sort of thing that fits well there and it'd make it more
> discoverable.

Yes, that sounds like a sensible option.
Some ioctl sanity checks can be done well without hardware, too.


thanks,

Takashi