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Re: [PATCH] net: dns_resolver: convert time_t to time64_t

From David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] net: dns_resolver: convert time_t to time64_t
Date 2015-11-18 21:30 +0100
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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 v1: The changes were originally made by Arnd Bergmann in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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[PATCH] net: dns_resolver: convert time_t to time64_t Aya Mahfouz <mahfouz.saif.elyazal@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 07:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] net: dns_resolver: convert time_t to time64_t David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2015-11-18 21:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] net: dns_resolver: convert time_t to time64_t Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-18 22:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] net: dns_resolver: convert time_t to time64_t David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2015-11-18 22:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] net: dns_resolver: convert time_t to time64_t David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2015-11-18 23:30 +0100

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