Re: [PATCH v3] isdn: divamnt: use y2038-safe ktime_get_ts64() for trace data timestamps

[David Miller]

From: Alison Schofield <amsfield22@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 08:51:25 -0800

> divamnt stores a start_time at module init and uses it to calculate
> elapsed time. The elapsed time, stored in secs and usecs, is part of
> the trace data the driver maintains for the DIVA Server ISDN cards.
> No change to the format of that time data is required.
> 
> To avoid overflow on 32-bit systems use ktime_get_ts64() to return
> the elapsed monotonic time since system boot.
> 
> This is a change from real to monotonic time. Since the driver only
> stores elapsed time, monotonic time is sufficient and more robust
> against real time clock changes. These new monotonic values can be
> more useful for debugging because they can be easily compared to
> other monotonic timestamps.
> 
> Note elaspsed time values will now start at system boot time rather
> than module load time, so they will differ slightly from previously
> reported values.
> 
> Remove declaration and init of previously unused time constants:
> start_sec, start_usec.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alison Schofield <amsfield22@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Please resubmit this when the net-next tree is open again.

Thank you.