Re: [PATCH] mpt3sas: Remove usage of 'struct timeval'

From: Martin K. Petersen
Date: Thu Apr 14 2016 - 22:48:51 EST


>>>>> "Tina" == Tina Ruchandani <ruchandani.tina@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Tina> 'struct timeval' will have its tv_sec value overflow on 32-bit
Tina> systems in year 2038 and beyond. This patch replaces the use of
Tina> struct timeval for computing mpi_request.TimeStamp, and instead
Tina> uses ktime_t which provides 64-bit seconds value. The timestamp
Tina> computed remains unaffected (milliseconds since Unix epoch).

Broadcom folks, please review.

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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering