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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] [media] dvb-frontend: Replace timeval with ktime_t
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On Sunday 31 May 2015 12:47:06 Tina Ruchandani wrote:
> struct timeval uses a 32-bit seconds representation which will
> overflow in the year 2038 and beyond. This patch replaces
> the usage of struct timeval with ktime_t which is a 64-bit
> timestamp and is year 2038 safe.
> This patch is part of a larger attempt to remove all instances
> of 32-bit timekeeping variables (timeval, timespec, time_t)
> which are not year 2038 safe, from the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arndb@arndb.de>
>
>


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


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