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Re: [PATCH v9] y2038: Introduce the __ASSUME_TIME64_SYSCALLS define
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: Lukasz Majewski <lukma at denx dot de>
- Cc: Rich Felker <dalias at libc dot org>, Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>, Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Alistair Francis <alistair dot francis at wdc dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, Alistair Francis <alistair23 at gmail dot com>
- Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 18:41:32 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] y2038: Introduce the __ASSUME_TIME64_SYSCALLS define
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* Lukasz Majewski:
> There was also a conclusion regarding explicit clearing of the padding
> if necessary - kernel shall do it (or to be more precise - kernel will
> perform modulo operation of the number passed to it from glibc if
> needed).
But that's not what the kernel ended up doing, right?
Thanks,
Florian