Re: [PATCH] usb: xhci: tegra: use time64_t for printing timestamp

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Thu Nov 02 2017 - 12:17:28 EST


On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 03:34:27PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The time_t type and time_to_tm() function are deprecated because
> of y2038 problems. In this driver, they are used to pretty-print
> the timestamp of the firmware build. This is fine as long as
> we don't get a firmware build past 2038.
>
> Converting to time64_t and time64_to_tm() avoids the deprecated
> interfaces and works until 2106, when the firmware-defined
> data structure overflows.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/usb/host/xhci-tegra.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>

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