Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:36:44 +0200 | From | Aya Mahfouz <> | Subject | [PATCH] net: dns_resolver: convert time_t to time64_t |
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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 <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Aya Mahfouz <mahfouz.saif.elyazal@gmail.com> --- Changelog: v1: The changes were originally made by Arnd Bergmann in relation to time_t.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.
include/linux/dns_resolver.h | 2 +- net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/dns_resolver.h b/include/linux/dns_resolver.h index cc92268..6ac3cad 100644 --- a/include/linux/dns_resolver.h +++ b/include/linux/dns_resolver.h @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ #ifdef __KERNEL__ extern int dns_query(const char *type, const char *name, size_t namelen, - const char *options, char **_result, time_t *_expiry); + const char *options, char **_result, time64_t *_expiry); #endif /* KERNEL */ diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c b/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c index 4677b6f..ecc28cf 100644 --- a/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c +++ b/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ * Returns the size of the result on success, -ve error code otherwise. */ int dns_query(const char *type, const char *name, size_t namelen, - const char *options, char **_result, time_t *_expiry) + const char *options, char **_result, time64_t *_expiry) { struct key *rkey; const struct user_key_payload *upayload; -- 2.4.3
-- Kind Regards, Aya Saif El-yazal Mahfouz
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