Re: [PATCH] Fix half-Y2K38 problem in timecompare_update while calculating offset

From: Mike Frysinger
Date: Tue Jan 05 2010 - 14:28:55 EST


On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 21:44, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 06:16, Barry Song wrote:
>> ktime will overflow from 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038,
>> ktime_add() in timecompare_update() will overflow a half earlier.
>> As a result, wrong offset will be gotten, then cause some strange
>> problems.
>
> Barry: you forgot to include your s-o-b tag ...

you still need to post your s-o-b if we want this to go any further
-mike
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