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[Bug libc/9690] glibc time functionality broken with kernel 2.6.26 and later


------- Additional Comments From johnstul at us dot ibm dot com  2009-05-07 23:12 -------
(In reply to comment #6)
> Again, there are two issues:
> - What the kernel takes as parameter. As you say, there is no problem
>   indeed, if the application hasn't set the STA_NANO flag, the kernel
>   converts properly.
> - What the kernel returns. nanoseconds values are advertised by the
>   kernel through the STA_NANO flag. But old applications didn't even
>   know that flag, and thus can not know that these are nanosecond
>   values.

So the concern is only with running old applications after a new application has
set the STA_NANO flag?

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