Align time types to SUSv3

[Jeff Johnston]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> according to SUSv3, struct timeval is defined as
> 
>  struct timeval {
>     time_t      tv_sec;
>     suseconds_t tv_usec;
>  };
> 
> see http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/sys/time.h.html
> 
> Additionally, useconds_t is defined as an unsigned type, and suseconds_t
> as a signed type, see
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/systypes.h.html
> 
> I'd like to propose the below patch, which alignes newlib to SUSv3.
> 
> 

Ok, go ahead.  It appears this shouldn't cause any problems since time_t 
defaults to long and you are making suseconds_t long as well.  Linux has 
its own headers that defines it as above.

-- Jeff J.

> Corinna
> 
> 
> 	* libc/include/sys/time.h (struct timeval): Change member types
> 	according to SUSv3.
> 	* libc/include/sys/types.h (useconds_t): Change to unsigned
> 	according to SUSv3.
> 	(suseconds_t): Define type.
> 
> Index: libc/include/sys/time.h
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/newlib/libc/include/sys/time.h,v
> retrieving revision 1.9
> diff -u -p -r1.9 time.h
> --- libc/include/sys/time.h  18 Nov 2005 16:08:10 -0000      1.9
> +++ libc/include/sys/time.h  12 Feb 2006 13:03:56 -0000
> @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ extern "C" {
>  
>  #ifndef _WINSOCK_H
>  struct timeval {
> -  long tv_sec;
> -  long tv_usec;
> +  time_t      tv_sec;
> +  suseconds_t tv_usec;
>  };
>  
>  struct timezone {
> Index: libc/include/sys/types.h
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/newlib/libc/include/sys/types.h,v
> retrieving revision 1.22
> diff -u -p -r1.22 types.h
> --- libc/include/sys/types.h 8 Dec 2005 19:45:43 -0000       1.22
> +++ libc/include/sys/types.h 12 Feb 2006 13:03:56 -0000
> @@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ typedef _TIMER_T_ timer_t;
>  #define __timer_t_defined
>  #endif
>  
> -typedef long useconds_t;
> +typedef unsigned long useconds_t;
> +typedef long suseconds_t;
>  
>  #include <sys/features.h>
>  
>