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

[Paul Moore]

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> This is the audit record for ipc mqueue side of things.
> The other patch does not touch this:

My apologies, I didn't look close enough at this latest patch.

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