# Re: \[PATCH 12/23\] y2038: syscalls: change remaining timeval to \_\_kernel\_old\_timeval

- From: Christian Brauner \<hidden\>
- Date: 2019-11-11 12:44:51 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2019/11/166444
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2019/11/166384/t.md

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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>
```