linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] y2038: hide timeval/timespec/itimerval/itimerspec types

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Message-ID: <87sgknqk3h.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jan 2020 18:47:46 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, y2038@...ts.linaro.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] y2038: hide timeval/timespec/itimerval/itimerspec types

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:

> There are no in-kernel users remaining, but there may still
> be users that include linux/time.h instead of sys/time.h
> from user space, so leave the types available to user space
> while hiding them from kernel space.
>
> Only the __kernel_old_* versions of these types remain now.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

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