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

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Message-ID: <874jou8yog.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Tue, 02 May 2023 10:50:55 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>
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

Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> writes:

> 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>

Applied, thanks.

jon