From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Bolle Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19] converting system calls to 64-bit time_t, part 1 Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 11:24:53 +0200 Message-ID: <1430990693.8171.70.camel@x220> References: <1430929826-318934-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> <1430983678.8171.23.camel@x220> <1430984358.8171.28.camel@x220> <2330671.lQAl76KQcx@wuerfel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <2330671.lQAl76KQcx@wuerfel> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: y2038-cunTk1MwBs8s++Sfvej+rw@public.gmane.org, baolin.wang-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org, albert.aribaud-iEu9NFBzPZE@public.gmane.org, john.stultz-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, bamvor.zhangjian-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, ruchandani.tina-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, libc-alpha-9JcytcrH/bA+uJoB2kUjGw@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2015-05-07 at 10:52 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Thursday 07 May 2015 09:39:18 Paul Bolle wrote: > I realize the downsides of not posting the entire series at once > here, but it seemed better to avoid spamming everyone too much, > while I try to find out if we have agreement on the overall > strategy. That downside is worse when people only quickly skim your message for clues while thinking about the problem they _think_ they've spotted (like I did). > For reference, see below for the ARM patch. > > And then it occurred to me to check the y2038-syscalls git branch you > > referenced. After which the above made much more sense. (Though my > > remark that ARCH_HAS_COMPAT_TIME simply functions as an alias for COMPAT > > also seems to hold for that branch.) > > Right, in fact both of these happen at the end of the git tree. Still, you might consider making ARCH_HAS_COMPAT_TIME a plain bool and adding "select ARCH_HAS_COMPAT_TIME" to the eight or so COMPAT entries. But, clearly, I'm now wasting even more of your time by trying to save face here. Thanks, Paul Bolle