Re: [PATCH 4/5] ntp/pps: use y2038 safe types in pps_event_time

Thomas Gleixner
2015-09-30T07:26:19Z

On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> The pps_event_time uses two 'timespec' structures internally, which
> suffer from the y2038 problem. The uses of this structure are
> fairly self-contained in the pps code, so this replaces them all at
> once.
>
> Unfortunately, this includes the sfc ethernet driver aside from the
> pps subsystem, so we change that one as well. Both touch the
> same data structure, and there probably is no good way to split
> the patch into smaller units.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

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