linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] [RESEND] nfp: avoid using getnstimeofday64()

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Message-Id: <20180712.145610.148554127408069933.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:56:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arnd@...db.de
Cc:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, john.hurley@...ronome.com,
        simon.horman@...ronome.com, pieter.jansenvanvuuren@...ronome.com,
        jiri@...lanox.com, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [RESEND] nfp: avoid using getnstimeofday64()

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:29:53 +0200

> getnstimeofday64 is deprecated in favor of the ktime_get() family of
> functions. The direct replacement would be ktime_get_real_ts64(),
> but I'm picking the basic ktime_get() instead:
> 
> - using a ktime_t simplifies the code compared to timespec64
> - using monotonic time instead of real time avoids issues caused
>   by a concurrent settimeofday() or during a leap second adjustment.
> 
> Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied to net-next.