Re: [PATCH 12/23] y2038: syscalls: change remaining timeval to __kernel_old_timeval

[PATCH 00/23] y2038 cleanups · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-11-08
[PATCH 03/23] y2038: vdso: change timeval to __kernel_old_timeval · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-11-08
Re: [PATCH 03/23] y2038: vdso: change timeval to __kernel_old_timeval · Thomas Gleixner <hidden> · 2019-11-13
[PATCH 07/23] y2038: vdso: powerpc: avoid timespec references · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-11-08
Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 07/23] y2038: vdso: powerpc: avoid timespec references · Ben Hutchings <hidden> · 2019-11-20
Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 07/23] y2038: vdso: powerpc: avoid timespec references · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-11-21
Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 07/23] y2038: vdso: powerpc: avoid timespec references · Christophe Leroy <hidden> · 2019-11-21
Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 07/23] y2038: vdso: powerpc: avoid timespec references · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-11-27
Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 07/23] y2038: vdso: powerpc: avoid timespec references · Christophe Leroy <hidden> · 2019-12-02
Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 07/23] y2038: vdso: powerpc: avoid timespec references · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-12-02
[PATCH 09/23] y2038: stat: avoid 'time_t' in 'struct stat' · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-11-08
[PATCH 08/23] y2038: ipc: remove __kernel_time_t reference from headers · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-11-08
Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 08/23] y2038: ipc: remove __kernel_time_t reference from headers · Ben Hutchings <hidden> · 2019-11-20
Re: [Y2038] [PATCH 08/23] y2038: ipc: remove __kernel_time_t reference from headers · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-11-21
[PATCH 12/23] y2038: syscalls: change remaining timeval to __kernel_old_timeval · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-11-08
Re: [PATCH 12/23] y2038: syscalls: change remaining timeval to __kernel_old_timeval · Christian Brauner <hidden> · 2019-11-11
Re: [PATCH 12/23] y2038: syscalls: change remaining timeval to __kernel_old_timeval · Rafael J. Wysocki <hidden> · 2019-11-13
Re: [PATCH 00/23] y2038 cleanups · Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> · 2019-11-13

From: Christian Brauner <hidden>
Date: 2019-11-11 12:44:51
Also in: linux-api, linux-fsdevel, linux-pm, lkml

On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 10:12:11PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

All of the remaining syscalls that pass a timeval (gettimeofday, utime,
futimesat) can trivially be changed to pass a __kernel_old_timeval
instead, which has a compatible layout, but avoids ambiguity with
the timeval type in user space.

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

Seems reasonable.
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <redacted>

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