| Date | Wed, 13 Nov 2019 22:49:04 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 16/23] y2038: timerfd: Use timespec64 internally |
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On Fri, 8 Nov 2019, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> timerfd_show() uses a 'struct itimerspec' internally, but that is > deprecated because of the time_t overflow and a conflict with the glibc > type of the same name that is now incompatible in user space. > > Use a pair of timespec64 variables instead as a simple replacement. > > As this removes the last use of itimerspec from the kernel, allowing the > removal of the definition from the uapi headers along with timespec and > timeval later. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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