Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 03/12] net: igb: avoid using timespec

On Thu, Oct 01, 2015 at 10:01:57PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

I tried to use this pattern whenever I convert the 64-bit 'long long' tv_sec member of 'struct timespec64' into a 32-bit number, to annotate the loss of range.

Sounds reasonable to me.

I have thought about defining separate helpers like this

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This would make it even more explicit, but my fear was that I was adding too much complexity like that.

I think a cast plus a comment when needed is clear enough.

Thanks, Richard