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Re: [RFC v6 03/23] time: Add a timeval with a long tv_sec and tv_usec
On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 12:48 AM Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 12 Jan 2020, Alistair Francis wrote:
>
> > On y2038 safe 32-bit systems the Linux kernel expects itimerval to
> > use a 32-bit time_t, even though the other time_t's are 64-bit. To
> > address this let's add a timeval_long struct to be used internally.
> > ---
> > include/time.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > time/bits/types/struct_timeval.h | 8 ++++++++
>
> bits/types/ headers are *installed* headers that should only define the
> type in question. If there is some good reason to need __timeval_long in
> *installed* headers (i.e. a *public* interface using this type) it should
> go in bits/types/struct___timeval_long.h, otherwise it should go in a
> non-installed header.
Ok, I don't think this should be installed. The only possible reason
installing this would be if someone was manually calling the syscalls
and wanted to use this type to do that.
Do you have a recommendation of a non installed header where it should go?
Alistair
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> Joseph S. Myers
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