Re: [PATCH] [v2] y2038: introduce struct __kernel_old_timeval

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2018, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>
>>  /*
>> + * legacy timeval structure, only embedded in structures that
>> + * traditionally used 'timeval' to pass time intervals (not absolute
>> + * times). Do not add new users. If user space fails to compile
>> + * here, this is probably because it is not y2038 safe and needs to
>> + * be changed to use another interface.
>> + */
>> +struct __kernel_old_timeval {
>> +     __kernel_long_t tv_sec;                 /* seconds */
>> +     __kernel_long_t tv_usec;                /* microseconds */
>
> Please don't use these horrible tail comments. If you want to document the
> obvious, then please use proper kernel doc.

I just removed them now, the only reason they were there is to keep
the style in sync with the rest of the file, but it's also just a lot of
duplication.

      Arnd