linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] y2038: globally rename compat_time to old

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a3suHZo25uNKnWRz3MLJOFTBRwixTfTW7fSxG2CNoU-NA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Jul 2018 18:16:44 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux FS-devel Mailing List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] y2038: globally rename compat_time to old_time32

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 12:11:53PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> I don't think it makes a big difference whether we change it now or later,
>> but if Christoph feels that it addresses his concern about the compat_
>> namespace being reused during the transition, doing it earlier would
>> enable us to finish the remaining syscalls.
>
> Yes, I've been looking at your new series and the reuse of compat_*
> is really confusing

Ok, let's do that then. Do you think it's sufficient to change it on top
of the existing patch series? While I can rebase everything on top of
the rename, the header file dependencies are a bit tricky and adding
a patch at the end would make it easier to ensure that I don't
introduce any bisection issues.

       Arnd