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Re: [PATCH] Add NEWS entry about 64-bit time_t syscall use on 32-bit targets
- From: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at sourceware dot org>
- To: Szabolcs Nagy <Szabolcs dot Nagy at arm dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Cc: nd <nd at arm dot com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:03:43 +0530
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add NEWS entry about 64-bit time_t syscall use on 32-bit targets
- References: <5a093bb5-85af-7f76-0ee9-8a3f1d26d8ea@arm.com>
On 30/01/20 4:32 pm, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> i've seen this causing problems at various places
> already so i'd like to add a note about it in 2.31
>
How about the following wording:
* On 32-bit targets, wrappers for the new time64 system calls in the GNU
C Library call the older 32-bit time system calls as a fallback if the
new system call fails due to not being implemented in the currently
running kernel. This may cause issues in environments that cannot
handle new Linux system calls gracefully by returning -ENOSYS. Seccomp
sandboxes are affected by this issue.
Siddhesh