netdev - Re: [PATCH net V2] devlink: Add method for time-stamp on reporter's dump

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Date:   Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:06:08 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ayal@...lanox.com
Cc:     jiri@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V2] devlink: Add method for time-stamp on
 reporter's dump

From: Aya Levin <ayal@...lanox.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 14:11:56 +0200

> When setting the dump's time-stamp, use ktime_get_real in addition to
> jiffies. This simplifies the user space implementation and bypasses
> some inconsistent behavior with translating jiffies to current time.
> The time taken is transformed into nsec, to comply with y2038 issue.
> 
> Fixes: c8e1da0bf923 ("devlink: Add health report functionality")
> Signed-off-by: Aya Levin <ayal@...lanox.com>
> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v1 -> v2: Rebased against net

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.