Year 2038 Fixes Still Being Worked On for The Linux Kernel

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The Linux kernel has been working on many Year 2038 fixes for a while now but the work is not over. Another pull request was sent in for the Linux 4.7 kernel in trying to prepare the VFS layer with Y2038 fixes. Arnd Bergmann has submitted a batch of Y2038 fixes for the Linux 4.7 merge window for the VFS code. He commented, “This is a preparation series for changing the VFS infrastructure to use time64_t in inode timestamps…

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