Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > rt2x00 uses the deprecated do_gettimeofday() function to get a timestamp > for its debugfs "dump" file interface. > > The timestamp is using an unsigned 32-bit value, so we could make it > work until 2106 by using ktime_get_real_ts64(), but it seems better to > use monotonic times, as we normally want for timestamps. > > Since this is an interface change, I'm incrementing the > DUMP_HEADER_VERSION number, so user space can figure out whether the > timestamps are monotonic or not. Most likely the tools won't care either > way. > > Generally speaking, ABI version numbers and in particular changing them > is a bad idea. However since this is in debugfs, we don't put any > API stability rules on the interface according to > Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt, and we can take the easy way > out here; anyone using the frame dump feature can probably work out > the differences here. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks. f87eba996bac rt2x00: use monotonic timestamps for frame dump -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10043531/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
