linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH v10 03/18] rtc: sun6i: Fix time overflow handling

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Date:   Tue,  8 Mar 2022 22:21:05 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>,
        Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>
Cc:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@...ts.linux.dev,
        Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@...c.io>,
        Ondrej Jirman <megous@...ous.com>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH v10 03/18] rtc: sun6i: Fix time overflow handling

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:26:28 +0000, Andre Przywara wrote:
> Using "unsigned long" for UNIX timestamps is never a good idea, and
> comparing the value of such a variable against U32_MAX does not do
> anything useful on 32-bit systems.
> 
> Use the proper time64_t type when dealing with timestamps, and avoid
> cutting down the time range unnecessarily. This also fixes the flawed
> check for the alarm time being too far into the future.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[03/18] rtc: sun6i: Fix time overflow handling
        commit: 25c9815569cefd4f719c6c1266fe897e57642278

Best regards,
-- 
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>