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SubjectRE: [PATCH] time: Avoid undefined behaviour in timespec64_to_ns
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnd Bergmann [mailto:arnd@arndb.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 8:45 PM
> To: Zengtao (B)
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner; Vincenzo Frascino; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] time: Avoid undefined behaviour in
> timespec64_to_ns
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 2:20 PM Zengtao (B)
> <prime.zeng@hisilicon.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Fixes: bd40a175769d ("y2038: itimer: change implementation to
> > > timespec64")
> > >
> > > This one caused the regression, but if we add the check here, it
> > > may be best to also add it in prior kernels that may have the same
> > > bug in other callers of the same function. Maybe backport all the
> > > way to stable kernels that first added timespec64?
> > >
> >
> > I think we need to do the backport, but not sure about the start
> point
> > Thanks for your review.
>
> I would suggest
>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.17+
> Fixes: 361a3bf00582 ("time64: Add time64.h header and define
> struct timespec64")

Yes, make sense, commit 361a3bf00582 introduce a potential issue and
commit bd40a175769d trigger the issue.

Regards
Zengtao

>
> Arnd
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