linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: timers: hrtimers: Make hybrid union historical

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Message-ID: <87v8ha4tvh.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Tue, 02 May 2023 17:48:18 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: timers: hrtimers: Make hybrid union
 historical

On Tue, May 02 2023 at 12:05, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> Non-scalar time was removed from the ktime hybrid union in v3.17, and
> the union itself followed suit in v4.10.
>
> Make it clear that ktime_t is always a 64bit scalar type, to avoid
> confusing the casual reader.
>
> While at it, fix a spelling mistake.
>
> Fixes: 24e4a8c3e8868874 ("ktime: Kill non-scalar ktime_t implementation for 2038")
> Fixes: 2456e855354415bf ("ktime: Get rid of the union")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

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