linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] parisc: time: Convert read_persistent_clock() to read_persistent

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Message-ID: <7a243faa-14c8-ec8f-9f98-cda6dc58d6b3@gmx.de>
Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 20:13:38 +0200
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
Cc:     "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Parisc List <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] parisc: time: Convert read_persistent_clock() to
 read_persistent_clock64()

On 20.04.2018 17:23, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 8:51 AM, Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org> wrote:
>> The read_persistent_clock() uses a timespec, which is not year 2038 safe
>> on 32bit systems. On parisc architecture, we have implemented generic RTC
>> drivers that can be used to compensate the system suspend time, but the
>> RTC time can not represent the nanosecond resolution, so this patch just
>> converts to read_persistent_clock64() with timespec64.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
> 
> I have created the exact same patch a while ago but never submitted that.
> 
> If the parisc maintainers want to apply yours with my Ack, that
> would be appreciated.
> 
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Thanks, I'll take it through the parisc git tree.

Helge