linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 19/24] xfs: rename compat_time_t to old_time32

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Date:   Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:31:02 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:     y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>,
        Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>,
        Nick Bowler <nbowler@...conx.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 19/24] xfs: rename compat_time_t to old_time32_t

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 10:18 PM Darrick J. Wong
<darrick.wong@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 09:53:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > The compat_time_t type has been removed everywhere else,
> > as most users rely on old_time32_t for both native and
> > compat mode handling of 32-bit time_t.
> >
> > Remove the last one in xfs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> Looks fine to me, assuming that compat_time_t -> old_time32_t.

Yes, that's the idea. Christoph asked for the global change last year
as a cleanup,
but I left out xfs and a few others at the time when I was missing
other patches.

> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks,

     Arnd