Re: [RESEND PATCH v3] scsi: stex: Remove use of struct timeval

Hannes Reinecke
2015-10-30T11:58:37Z

On 10/30/2015 09:30 AM, Tina Ruchandani wrote:
> Function stex_gettime uses 'struct timeval' whose tv_sec value
> will overflow on 32-bit systems in year 2038 and beyond. This patch
> replaces the use of struct timeval and do_gettimeofday with
> ktime_get_real_seconds, which returns a 64-bit seconds value.
>
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@gmail.com>
> --
> Changes in v3:
> - Remove stex_gettime altogether, directly assign the timestamp.
> Changes in v2:
> - Change subject line to indicate that the patch is restricted to stex driver.
> ---
> ---
> drivers/scsi/stex.c | 13 +++----------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/stex.c b/drivers/scsi/stex.c
> index 98a62bc..84e196e 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/stex.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/stex.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/spinlock.h>
> +#include <linux/ktime.h>
> #include <asm/io.h>
> #include <asm/irq.h>
> #include <asm/byteorder.h>
> @@ -362,14 +363,6 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Promise Technology SuperTrak EX Controllers");
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> MODULE_VERSION(ST_DRIVER_VERSION);
>
> -static void stex_gettime(__le64 *time)
> -{
> - struct timeval tv;
> -
> - do_gettimeofday(&tv);
> - *time = cpu_to_le64(tv.tv_sec);
> -}
> -
> static struct status_msg *stex_get_status(struct st_hba *hba)
> {
> struct status_msg *status = hba->status_buffer + hba->status_tail;
> @@ -1002,7 +995,7 @@ static int stex_common_handshake(struct st_hba *hba)
> h->req_cnt = cpu_to_le16(hba->rq_count+1);
> h->status_sz = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(struct status_msg));
> h->status_cnt = cpu_to_le16(hba->sts_count+1);
> - stex_gettime(&h->hosttime);
> + h->hosttime = cpu_to_le64(ktime_get_real_seconds());
> h->partner_type = HMU_PARTNER_TYPE;
> if (hba->extra_offset) {
> h->extra_offset = cpu_to_le32(hba->extra_offset);
> @@ -1076,7 +1069,7 @@ static int stex_ss_handshake(struct st_hba *hba)
> h->req_cnt = cpu_to_le16(hba->rq_count+1);
> h->status_sz = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(struct status_msg));
> h->status_cnt = cpu_to_le16(hba->sts_count+1);
> - stex_gettime(&h->hosttime);
> + h->hosttime = cpu_to_le64(ktime_get_real_seconds());
> h->partner_type = HMU_PARTNER_TYPE;
> h->extra_offset = h->extra_size = 0;
> scratch_size = (hba->sts_count+1)*sizeof(u32);
>
Just remove 'hosttime' altogether. It serves no purpose whatsoever.

Cheers,

Hannes
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