[PATCH v3 2/7] y2038: Introduce struct __timeval64 - new internal glibc type

Lukasz Majewski lukma@denx.de
Wed Jan 29 12:59:00 GMT 2020


This type is a glibc's "internal" type similar to struct timeval but
whose tv_sec field is a __time64_t rather than a time_t, which makes it
Y2038-proof. This struct is NOT supposed to be passed to the kernel -
instead it shall be converted to struct __timespec64 and clock_[sg]ettime
syscalls shall be used (which are now Y2038 safe).

Build tests:
./src/scripts/build-many-glibcs.py glibcs

---
Changes for v3:
- None

Changes for v2:
- Replace __suseconds_t with __suseconds64_t
---
 include/time.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/time.h b/include/time.h
index 047f431a1a..99492a1577 100644
--- a/include/time.h
+++ b/include/time.h
@@ -93,6 +93,20 @@ struct __itimerspec64
 };
 #endif
 
+#if __TIMESIZE == 64
+# define __timeval64 timeval
+#else
+/* The glibc Y2038-proof struct __timeval64 structure for a time value.
+   This structure is NOT supposed to be passed to the Linux kernel.
+   Instead, it shall be converted to struct __timespec64 and time shall
+   be [sg]et via clock_[sg]ettime (which are now Y2038 safe).  */
+struct __timeval64
+{
+  __time64_t tv_sec;         /* Seconds */
+  __suseconds64_t tv_usec;       /* Microseconds */
+};
+#endif
+
 #if __TIMESIZE == 64
 # define __ctime64 ctime
 #else
-- 
2.20.1



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