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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:20:21 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> cc: y2038@...ts.linaro.org, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com, Shradha Shah <sshah@...arflare.com>, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ntp/pps: use timespec64 for hardpps() On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > There is only one user of the hardpps function in the kernel, so > it makes sense to atomically change it over to using 64-bit > timestamps for y2038 safety. In the hardpps implementation, > we also need to change the pps_normtime structure, which is > similar to struct timespec and also requires a 64-bit > seconds portion. > > This introduces two temporary variables in pps_kc_event() to > do the conversion, they will be removed again in the next step, > which seemed preferable to having a larger patch changing it > all at the same time. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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