On 14 January 2015 at 04:42, Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2015, Xunlei Pang wrote: > >> From: Xunlei Pang <[email protected]> >> >> As part of addressing "y2038 problem" for in-kernel uses, this >> patch adds safe get_seconds64() using time64_t. >> >> After this patch, get_seconds() is deprecated and all its call sites >> will be fixed using get_seconds64(), after that it can be removed. > > Why another interface? > > We already have ktime_get_real_seconds(). That handles 32bit > correctly, while your new function does not. > > You cannot return a 64bit value unprotected against updates on 32bit, > unless you want to implement a RNG.
Yes, ktime_get_real_seconds() should be used instead. Thanks, Xunlei -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
