On 12/10/17 23:40, Andrew Morton wrote:
On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:06:11 +0200 Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de wrote:
kdb is the only user of the __current_kernel_time() interface, which is not y2038 safe and should be removed at some point.
The kdb code also goes to great lengths to print the time in a human-readable format from 'struct timespec', again using a non-y2038-safe re-implementation of the generic time_to_tm() code.
Is it really necessary for the kdb `summary' command to print the time/date? Which puppies would die if we just removed it all?
kdb may enter spontaneously (BUG(), etc) so it can be useful if one returns from an overnight test run to know how long things survived.
It would almost certainly be possible for a skilled user to reconstruct the time of death. Having said that, one of the things you can do with kdb (although I admit *I* have never done it) is leave a macro command in the hands of an unskilled user.
Short summary: no puppies would die, but perhaps some might go hungry for a little while when their owner is late home?
Daniel.