Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 01 Nov 2015 17:01:38 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [DCCP]: Use 64-bit timekeeping | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:24:56 -0700
> This patch changes the use of struct timespec in > dccp_probe to use struct timespec64 instead. timespec uses a 32-bit > seconds field which will overflow in the year 2038 and beyond. timespec64 > uses a 64-bit seconds field. Note that the correctness of the code isn't > changed, since the original code only uses the timestamps to compute a > small elapsed interval. This patch is part of a larger attempt to remove > instances of 32-bit timekeeping structures (timespec, timeval, time_t) > from the kernel so it is easier to identify where the real 2038 issues > are. > > Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@gmail.com>
Applied, thanks.
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