# Re: \[PATCH 08/12\] nfnetlink: use y2038 safe timestamp

- From: Pablo Neira Ayuso \<pablo@netfilter.org\>
- Date: 2015-10-02 12:47:07 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2015/10/4589041
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2015/09/4586972/t.md

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On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 01:26:38PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The __build_packet_message function fills a nfulnl_msg_packet_timestamp
> structure that uses 64-bit seconds and is therefore y2038 safe, but
> it uses an intermediate 'struct timespec' which is not.
> 
> This trivially changes the code to use 'struct timespec64' instead,
> to correct the result on 32-bit architectures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
> Cc: Patrick McHardy <redacted>
> Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>

Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

BTW, I don't see the patch for nfnetlink_queue and I think I have seen
it in the diffstat from your cover letter.
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