On Mon, 4 May 2015, Tina Ruchandani wrote: > > but the timestamp will also overflow. So what is the point? > > > > The 32-bit timestamp obtained using do_gettimeofday() will overflow in > year 2038. However, with 64-bit timestamps, we get practically > infinite time. mon_bin_hdr already has support for a 64-bit seconds > timestamp. This patch changes how it is populated. Surely the real point was mentioned in the patch description: > ... This patch is part of a larger > attempt to remove instances of struct timeval and other 32-bit timekeeping > (time_t, struct timespec) from the kernel. The point is to get rid of 32-bit timekeeping routines. Overflow and the exact nature of the timestamps in usbmon are irrelevant. Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
