From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dns_resolver: convert time_t to time64_t Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:20:25 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20151118.152025.1846834961092956563.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20151118063643.GA16239@waves> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: arnd@arndb.de, dhowells@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: mahfouz.saif.elyazal@gmail.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:53298 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754683AbbKRUU2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:20:28 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20151118063643.GA16239@waves> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Aya Mahfouz Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:36:44 +0200 > Changes the definition of the pointer _expiry from time_t to > time64_t. This is to handle the Y2038 problem where time_t > will overflow in the year 2038. The change is safe because > the kernel subsystems that call dns_query pass NULL. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann > Signed-off-by: Aya Mahfouz > --- > Changelog: > v1: The changes were originally made by Arnd Bergmann in > relation to time_t. I've broken down a patch sent to me > into two independent patches. Want me to apply this to 'net'?