linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/3] restart_block: simplify expiration timestamps

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Message-Id: <20251110-restart-block-expiration-v1-0-5d39cc93df4f@linutronix.de>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:38:50 +0100
From: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, 
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>, 
 Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>, 
 André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>, 
 Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>, 
 Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] restart_block: simplify expiration timestamps

Various expiration timestamps are stored in the restart block as
different types than their respective subsystem is using.

Align the types.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
---
Thomas Weißschuh (3):
      select: store end_time as timespec64 in restart block
      futex: Store time as ktime_t in restart block
      hrtimer: Store time as ktime_t in restart block

 fs/select.c                    | 12 ++++--------
 include/linux/restart_block.h  |  8 ++++----
 kernel/futex/waitwake.c        |  9 ++++-----
 kernel/time/hrtimer.c          |  4 ++--
 kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c |  4 ++--
 5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 3a8660878839faadb4f1a6dd72c3179c1df56787
change-id: 20251107-restart-block-expiration-52915454d881

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>