Re: [PATCH] USB: usbmon: Use 64bit timestamp for mon_bin_hdr

[Alan Stern]

On Mon, 4 May 2015, Tina Ruchandani wrote:

> > but the timestamp will also overflow. So what is the point?
> >
> 
> The 32-bit timestamp obtained using do_gettimeofday() will overflow in
> year 2038. However, with 64-bit timestamps, we get practically
> infinite time. mon_bin_hdr already has support for a 64-bit seconds
> timestamp. This patch changes how it is populated.

Surely the real point was mentioned in the patch description:

> ... This patch is part of a larger
> attempt to remove instances of struct timeval and other 32-bit timekeeping
> (time_t, struct timespec) from the kernel.

The point is to get rid of 32-bit timekeeping routines.  Overflow and 
the exact nature of the timestamps in usbmon are irrelevant.

Alan Stern

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