On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > struct timeval which is part of struct input_event to > maintain the event times is not y2038 safe. > > Real time timestamps are also not ideal for input_event > as this time can go backwards as noted in the patch > a80b83b7b8 by John Stultz. > > The patch switches the timestamps to use monotonic time > from realtime time. This is assuming no one is using > absolute times from these timestamps. > > The structure to maintain input events will be changed > in a different patch. > > Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-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
