From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10]:55980 "EHLO mout.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752707AbcAVPMp (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:12:45 -0500 From: Arnd Bergmann To: y2038@lists.linaro.org Cc: David Howells , linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Al Viro , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH RESEND] AFS: Correctly use 64-bit time for UUID Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:12:10 +0100 Message-ID: <2042134.x66CzoYZDK@wuerfel> In-Reply-To: <16523194.QYgGaJTPRn@wuerfel> References: <16523194.QYgGaJTPRn@wuerfel> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Friday 22 January 2016 15:32:01 Arnd Bergmann 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 > Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann > I was missing From: Tina Ruchandani If anyone is going to pick this up, let me know whether you will fix it up yourself or if I should resend