Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] AFS: Correctly use 64-bit time for UUID | Date | Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:25:16 +0100 |
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On Friday 30 October 2015 01:51:01 Tina Ruchandani wrote: > UUID calculation uses 'struct timespec' whose seconds will overflow > in year 2038 and beyond for 32-bit systems. This patch removes the > dependency on 'struct timespec' by using ktime_get_real(). > While the patch does not fix a 'bug' as such, it is part of a larger > effort to remove instances of 'struct timespec' and other data-structures > suffering from y2038 problem from the kernel. > > Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> > Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@gmail.com> >
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
David, I'm applying this into my y2038 tree so I don't forget about it, but I'd prefer if you can pick it up for AFS in 4.5.
Arnd
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