Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 1/4] kernel: time: Add current_nw_timestamp() for network timestamps

On Wednesday 24 February 2016 23:07:08 Deepa Dinamani wrote:

ICMP timestamp messages and IP source route options require timestamps to be in milliseconds modulo 24 hours from midnight UTC format.

Add a time function to support this. The function returns the required timestamp in network byte order.

The function also uses y2038 safe time functions and data structures.

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani deepa.kernel@gmail.com

For the implementation:

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de

For where to put the code, I have no better idea, but I agree with Hideaki Yoshifuji that it's a bit odd to place it in kernel/*.c when it's only used by net/ipv4.

Arnd