On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 1:10:06 PM CEST Deepa Dinamani wrote: > struct timeval is not y2038 safe. > All usage of timeval in the kernel will be replaced by > y2038 safe structures. > > struct input_event maintains time for each input event. > Real time timestamps are not ideal for input as this > time can go backwards as noted in the patch a80b83b7b8 > by John Stultz. Hence, having the input_event.time fields > only big enough for monotonic and boot times are > sufficient. > > Leave the original input_event as is. This is to maintain > backward compatibility with existing userspace interfaces > that use input_event. > Introduce a new replacement struct raw_input_event. > This replaces timeval with struct input_timeval. This structure > maintains time in __kernel_ulong_t or compat_ulong_t to allow > for architectures to override types as in the case of x32. > > The change requires any userspace utilities reading or writing > from event nodes to update their reading format to match > raw_input_event.The changes to the popular libraries will be > posted along with the kernel changes. > The driver version is also updated to reflect the change in > event format. > > Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
