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Re: [RFC v2 04/20] include/time.h: Fix conflicting timespec types on 32-bit


On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 4:17 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 2:11 AM Alistair Francis
> <alistair.francis@wdc.com> wrote:
>
> > --- a/include/time.h
> > +++ b/include/time.h
> > @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ extern void __tz_compute (__time64_t timer, struct tm *tm, int use_localtime)
> >    __THROW attribute_hidden;
> >
> >  #if __WORDSIZE == 64 \
> > -  || (defined __SYSCALL_WORDSIZE && __SYSCALL_WORDSIZE == 64)
> > +  || (defined __SYSCALL_WORDSIZE && __SYSCALL_WORDSIZE == 64) \
> > +  || __TIMESIZE == 64
> >  # define __timespec64 timespec
> >  #else
> >  /* The glibc Y2038-proof struct __timespec64 structure for a time value.
>
> I think you need a bit more here: on 32-bit architectures with 64-bit time_t,
> we require padding in 'struct timespec' next to tv_nsec (before or after,
> depending on endianess), and I don't see  a patch in your series that
> changes 'timespec' accordingly.
>
> See also https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Y2038ProofnessDesign#struct_timespec

Good point, I have updated this.

Alistair

>
>        Arnd


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