Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:20:25 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <20151118.152025.1846834961092956563.davem@davemloft.net>
To: mahfouz.saif.elyazal@gmail.com
Cc: arnd@arndb.de, dhowells@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dns_resolver: convert time_t to time64_t
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: Aya Mahfouz <mahfouz.saif.elyazal@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:36:44 +0200

> Changes the definition of the pointer _expiry from time_t to
> time64_t. This is to handle the Y2038 problem where time_t
> will overflow in the year 2038. The change is safe because
> the kernel subsystems that call dns_query pass NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Signed-off-by: Aya Mahfouz <mahfouz.saif.elyazal@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v1: The changes were originally made by Arnd Bergmann in
> relation to time_t. I've broken down a patch sent to me
> into two independent patches.

Want me to apply this to 'net'?
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