linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/23] y2038: move itimer reset into itimer.c

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1911132301110.2507@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 13 Nov 2019 23:03:02 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
cc:     y2038@...ts.linaro.org, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>, selinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/23] y2038: move itimer reset into itimer.c

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> Preparing for a change to the itimer internals, stop using the
> do_setitimer() symbol and instead use a new higher-level interface.
> 
> The do_getitimer()/do_setitimer functions can now be made static,
> allowing the compiler to potentially produce better object code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>