Re: [RESEND PATCH 2/6] ipc: mqueue: Replace timespec with timespec64

From: Paul Moore
Date: Fri Jul 28 2017 - 16:15:53 EST


On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> struct timespec is not y2038 safe. Replace
> all uses of timespec by y2038 safe struct timespec64.
>
> Even though timespec is used here to represent timeouts,
> replace these with timespec64 so that it facilitates
> in verification by creating a y2038 safe kernel image
> that is free of timespec.
>
> The syscall interfaces themselves are not changed as part
> of the patch. They will be part of a different series.
>
> Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/audit.h | 6 +++---
> ipc/mqueue.c | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
> kernel/audit.h | 2 +-
> kernel/auditsc.c | 12 ++++++------
> 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Something is wrong here ... I already merged your audit y2038 fixes,
you can see them in Linus' tree right now.

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