[Y2038] Replacement of struct timespec with struct __timespec64 in glibc internal code

Lukasz Majewski lukma@denx.de
Wed Jun 24 20:39:51 GMT 2020


Hi Andreas,

> On Jun 24 2020, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> 
> > As I stated above - e.g. timespec_sub() helper function (from
> > /support) is used by both pthreats and tests.  
> 
> There are two definitions of timespec_sub, in support/timespec-sub.c
> and in sysdeps/pthread/posix-timer.h.  The former is for use in
> tests, the latter is used by libpthread.

So if I understood it correctly - the support/* functions are to
facilitate writing tests?

> 
> The functions in support/timespec-*.c should probably be renamed to
> xtimespec_*.

And the 'x' prefix means that those functions are supposed to be used
for testing?

> 
> Andreas.
> 




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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