Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Fix year 2038 issue for sound subsystem

From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Fri Sep 22 2017 - 05:18:05 EST


On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:15:05 +0200,
Mark Brown wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 01:07:37PM +0900, Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
>
> > I note that at a development period for v4.5 kernel, ALSA developers
> > (mainly Iwai-san) fixed x32 ABI compatibility bugs. Then I prepared for
> > a rough set of test for ioctl command[3] to check his work. The set will
> > partly help your work, I think (but it's really rough).
>
> Might it be worth trying to get these added to kselftest? Seems like
> the sort of thing that fits well there and it'd make it more
> discoverable.

Yes, that sounds like a sensible option.
Some ioctl sanity checks can be done well without hardware, too.


thanks,

Takashi