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Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] y2038: Introduce internal for glibc struct __timespec64
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: Lukasz Majewski <lukma at denx dot de>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, Stepan Golosunov <stepan at golosunov dot pp dot ru>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb dot de>, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>, Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 11:12:27 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] y2038: Introduce internal for glibc struct __timespec64
- References: <20190414220841.20243-1-lukma@denx.de> <20190507131848.30980-1-lukma@denx.de> <20190507131848.30980-3-lukma@denx.de> <mvmv9ymqtnj.fsf@suse.de> <20190507160736.147b31a8@jawa> <mvmimumqrnr.fsf@suse.de> <20190508103202.10465eed@jawa> <mvmv9ylpchv.fsf@suse.de> <20190508111038.26b14cd0@jawa>
On Mai 08 2019, Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 08 May 2019 10:38:20 +0200
> Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> wrote:
>
>> On Mai 08 2019, Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de> wrote:
>>
>> > My point is if we do need at any point in time to clear this padding
>> > (due to e.g. kernel bug when passing data to syscalls [2] or solve
>> > issue as presented in [*]).
>>
>> Yes, but you don't need to use a *bitfield*.
>
> Could you share your opinion about the type to use to replace the
> bitfield?
Anything that fits, but not a bitfield.
Andreas.
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