Re: [PATCH] atm: mpoa: remove 32-bit timekeeping

2017-11-30 Thread David Miller
From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:02:17 +0100 > From: Tina Ruchandani > > net/atm/mpoa_* files use 'struct timeval' to store event > timestamps. struct timeval uses a 32-bit seconds field which will > overflow in the year 2038 and beyond. Morever, the timestamps are being > compared

[PATCH] atm: mpoa: remove 32-bit timekeeping

2017-11-27 Thread Arnd Bergmann
From: Tina Ruchandani net/atm/mpoa_* files use 'struct timeval' to store event timestamps. struct timeval uses a 32-bit seconds field which will overflow in the year 2038 and beyond. Morever, the timestamps are being compared only to get seconds elapsed, so struct timeval which stores a seconds a