Re: [PATCH] [v3] y2038: introduce struct __kernel_old_timeval

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/time.h b/include/uapi/linux/time.h
> index 4ed5bd3a3145..94adfae599e0 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/time.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/time.h
> @@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ struct __kernel_timespec {
>  #endif
>

This does neither apply against mainline nor against tip/timers/core

That #endif is nowhere ....

>  /*
> + * legacy timeval structure, only embedded in structures that
> + * traditionally used 'timeval' to pass time intervals (not absolute
> + * times). Do not add new users. If user space fails to compile
> + * here, this is probably because it is not y2038 safe and needs to
> + * be changed to use another interface.
> + */
> +struct __kernel_old_timeval {
> +	__kernel_long_t tv_sec;
> +	__kernel_long_t tv_usec;
> +};