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Commit 95582b00 authored by Deepa Dinamani's avatar Deepa Dinamani
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vfs: change inode times to use struct timespec64

struct timespec is not y2038 safe. Transition vfs to use
y2038 safe struct timespec64 instead.

The change was made with the help of the following cocinelle
script. This catches about 80% of the changes.
All the header file and logic changes are included in the
first 5 rules. The rest are trivial substitutions.
I avoid changing any of the function signatures or any other
filesystem specific data structures to keep the patch simple
for review.

The script can be a little shorter by combining different cases.
But, this version was sufficient for my usecase.

virtual patch

@ depends on patch @
identifier now;
@@
- struct timespec
+ struct timespec64
  current_time ( ... )
  {
- struct timespec now = current_kernel_time();
+ struct timespec64 now = current_kernel_time64();
  ...
- return timespec_trunc(
+ return timespec64_trunc(
  ... );
  }

@ depends on patch @
identifier xtime;
@@
 struct \( iattr \| inode \| kstat \) {
 ...
-       struct timespec xtime;
...
parent 7aaa822e
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