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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: y2038@lists.linaro.org
Cc: WEN Pingbo <pingbo.wen@linaro.org>,
	linux-input@vger.kernel.org,
	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH V2] hp_sdc_rtc: fixed y2038 problem in proc_show
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:55:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2616886.83FcmajDm5@wuerfel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1442411138-773-1-git-send-email-pingbo.wen@linaro.org>

On Wednesday 16 September 2015 21:45:38 WEN Pingbo wrote:
> hp_sdc_rtc_proc_show() use timeval to store the time, which will
> overflowed in 2038.
> 
> This patch fixes this problem by replacing timeval with timespec64.
> hp_sdc_rtc_proc_show() only output string, so that userspace will work
> normally if we apply this patch.
> 
> Not all timer in i8042 have y2038 risk(handshake, match timer, etc),
> Replacements in those timer are just for consistency.
> 
> Version 2 Updates:
> - compiled in m68k gcc cross compiler(4.6.3), no extra warnings
> - placed s64 type cast in tv.tv_sec, making sure it work properly in
> both 32bit and 64bit platform.
> 
> Signed-off-by: WEN Pingbo <pingbo.wen@linaro.org>
> Cc: Y2038 <y2038@lists.linaro.org>
> 

Looks very good,

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

  reply	other threads:[~2015-09-16 13:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <3021182.6jgkaVHA9u@wuerfel>
2015-09-16 13:45 ` [PATCH V2] hp_sdc_rtc: fixed y2038 problem in proc_show WEN Pingbo
2015-09-16 13:55   ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2015-10-18 23:35     ` [Y2038] " Dmitry Torokhov

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