# \[PATCH\] \[RFC\] y2038: globally rename compat\_time to old\_time32

- From: Arnd Bergmann \<arnd@arndb.de\>
- Date: 2018-07-17 16:50:11 
- List: linux-arm-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2018/07/141337
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2018/07/141341/t.md

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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Christoph Hellwig [ref] wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 12:11:53PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> I don't think it makes a big difference whether we change it now or later,
>> but if Christoph feels that it addresses his concern about the compat_
>> namespace being reused during the transition, doing it earlier would
>> enable us to finish the remaining syscalls.
>
> Yes, I've been looking at your new series and the reuse of compat_*
> is really confusing

Ok, let's do that then. Do you think it's sufficient to change it on top
of the existing patch series? While I can rebase everything on top of
the rename, the header file dependencies are a bit tricky and adding
a patch at the end would make it easier to ensure that I don't
introduce any bisection issues.

       Arnd
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