linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] timer updates for 4.19

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFyVem+o7PbEH_0EDpTHt=H4C=oUQC1p+jWTOktxeEV44g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 26 Aug 2018 13:42:07 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] timer updates for 4.19

On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 1:11 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> We still have compat interfaces for 32bit on 64bit even with the new 2038
> safe timespec/val variants because pointer size is different. And for the
> old style timespec/val interfaces we need yet another 'compat' interface
> for both 32bit native and 32bit on 64bit.

Ok, that pointer size argument makes sense, I guess. Ugh. Pulled.

               Linus