Re: [PATCH 10/23] y2038: uapi: change __kernel_time_t to __kernel_old_time_t

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Mon Nov 11 2019 - 07:38:37 EST


On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 10:12:09PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> This is mainly a patch for clarification, and to let us remove
> the time_t definition from the kernel to prevent new users from
> creeping in that might not be y2038-safe.
>
> All remaining uses of 'time_t' or '__kernel_time_t' are part of
> the user API that cannot be changed by that either have a
> replacement or that do not suffer from the y2038 overflow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>