We want to avoid using time_t in the kernel because of the y2038 overflow problem. The use in sctp is not for storing seconds at all, but instead uses microseconds and is passed as 32-bit on all machines.
This patch changes the type to u32, which better fits the use. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> Cc: Vlad Yasevich <[email protected]> Cc: Neil Horman <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] --- net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c | 2 +- net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c index 7954c52e1794..763e06a55155 100644 --- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c +++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c @@ -2494,7 +2494,7 @@ static int sctp_process_param(struct sctp_association *asoc, __u16 sat; int retval = 1; sctp_scope_t scope; - time_t stale; + u32 stale; struct sctp_af *af; union sctp_addr_param *addr_param; struct sctp_transport *t; diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c index d7eaa7354cf7..6f46aa16cb76 100644 --- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c +++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c @@ -2306,7 +2306,7 @@ static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_5_2_6_stale(struct net *net, sctp_cmd_seq_t *commands) { struct sctp_chunk *chunk = arg; - time_t stale; + u32 stale; sctp_cookie_preserve_param_t bht; sctp_errhdr_t *err; struct sctp_chunk *reply; -- 2.1.0.rc2 -- 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/
