Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 10/23] y2038: uapi: change __kernel_time_t to __kernel_old_time_t

On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 10:12:09PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

This is mainly a patch for clarification, and to let us remove the time_t definition from the kernel to prevent new users from creeping in that might not be y2038-safe.

All remaining uses of 'time_t' or '__kernel_time_t' are part of the user API that cannot be changed by that either have a replacement or that do not suffer from the y2038 overflow.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de

Acked-by: Christian Brauner christian.brauner@ubuntu.com