Re: [PATCH 1/5] ntp/pps: use timespec64 for hardpps()

Thomas Gleixner
2015-09-30T07:21:06Z

On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> There is only one user of the hardpps function in the kernel, so
> it makes sense to atomically change it over to using 64-bit
> timestamps for y2038 safety. In the hardpps implementation,
> we also need to change the pps_normtime structure, which is
> similar to struct timespec and also requires a 64-bit
> seconds portion.
>
> This introduces two temporary variables in pps_kc_event() to
> do the conversion, they will be removed again in the next step,
> which seemed preferable to having a larger patch changing it
> all at the same time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>