How the quest to prevent time from running out has led me to all corners of the Linux kernel
Speaker | Deepa Dinamani |
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Time | 2019-01-23 13:30 |
Conference | LCA2019 |
time_t is long - 32 bit signed number on 32 bit machines.
Didn’t want to break 64 bit API, but fixing it might have been easier. time_t should have been defined as long long - 64 bit signed number.
Use time64_t instead of time_t.
First patch 4 lines changed. Revised change after feedback, numerous files changed and driver dropped.