From: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] [PATCH v4 00/26] Delete CURRENT_TIME and CURRENT_TIME_SEC macros Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:51:39 +0200 Message-ID: <2295046.g7jOF3qsLW@wuerfel> References: <1471128518-24075-1-git-send-email-deepa.kernel@gmail.com> <20160815162312.GA19794@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: shaggy-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, jfs-discussion-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, trond.myklebust-7I+n7zu2hftEKMMhf/gKZA@public.gmane.org, adrian.hunter-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, clm-b10kYP2dOMg@public.gmane.org, adilger.kernel-m1MBpc4rdrD3fQ9qLvQP4Q@public.gmane.org, Deepa Dinamani , buchino-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org, zyan-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, jejb-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org, paul-r2n+y4ga6xFZroRs9YW3xA@public.gmane.org, linux-scsi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, y2038-cunTk1MwBs8s++Sfvej+rw@public.gmane.org, idryomov-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-ext4-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, cm224.lee-Sze3O3UU22JBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org, dushistov-JGs/UdohzUI@public.gmane.org, mfasheh-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org, sramars-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, john.stultz-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, viro-RmSDqhL/yNMiFSDQTTA3OLVCufUGDwFn@public.gmane.org, dsterba-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org, jaegeuk-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, ceph-devel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-nfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, elder-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, tytso-3s7WtUTddSA@public.gmane.org, sage-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, martin.petersen-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, dedekind1-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, jbacik-b10kYP2dOMg@public.gmane.org, hiralpat-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, eparis-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-f2fs-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, sfrench-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org, linux-audit-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org To: Greg KH Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20160815162312.GA19794-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: lustre-devel-bounces-aLEFhgZF4x6X6Mz3xDxJMA@public.gmane.org Sender: "lustre-devel" List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org On Monday, August 15, 2016 6:23:12 PM CEST Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 03:48:12PM -0700, Deepa Dinamani wrote: > > The series is aimed at getting rid of CURRENT_TIME and CURRENT_TIME_SEC macros. > > The macros are not y2038 safe. There is no plan to transition them into being > > y2038 safe. > > ktime_get_* api's can be used in their place. And, these are y2038 safe. > > Who are you execting to pull this huge patch series? Dave Chinner suggested to have Al Viro pick up the whole series. > Why not just introduce the new api call, wait for that to be merged, and > then push the individual patches through the different subsystems? > After half of those get ignored, then provide a single set of patches > that can go through Andrew or my trees. That was the original approach for v4.7, but (along with requesting a number of reworks that Deepa incorporated), Linus preferred doing the API change done in one chunk, see https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9134249/ Arnd