Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:05:22 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH v3 2/5] time: Provide y2038 safe timekeeping_inject_sleeptime() replacement |
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2014, pang.xunlei wrote:
> As part of addressing "y2038 problem" for in-kernel uses, this > patch adds timekeeping_inject_sleeptime64() using timespec64. > > After this patch, timekeeping_inject_sleeptime() is deprecated > and all its call sites will be fixed using the new interface, > after that it can be removed. > > NOTE: timekeeping_inject_sleeptime() is safe actually, but we > want to eliminate timespec eventually, so comes this patch.
While it's safe, the change gets rid of the timespec conversion, so it makes sense on its own.
> - tmp = timespec_to_timespec64(*delta); > - __timekeeping_inject_sleeptime(tk, &tmp); > + __timekeeping_inject_sleeptime(tk, delta);
Thanks,
tglx
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