linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/25] Change time_t and clock

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Message-ID: <537699E7.9050005@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 May 2014 16:06:15 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
CC:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ley Foon Tan <lftan@...era.com>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LeyFoon Tan <lftan.linux@...il.com>,
	Chung-Lin Tang <cltang@...esourcery.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/25] Change time_t and clock_t to 64 bit

On 05/16/2014 12:48 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> The stat(64) syscall already has stopped time_t for a long time:
> 
> struct stat64 {
> 	...
> 	int             st_atime;       /* Time of last access.  */
> 	unsigned int    st_atime_nsec;
> 	int             st_mtime;       /* Time of last modification.  */
> 	unsigned int    st_mtime_nsec;
> 	int             st_ctime;	/* Time of last status change. */
> 	unsigned int	st_ctime_nsec;
> };
> 

... except that that is really a struct timespec just written weirdly,
and userspace uses it as a struct timespec.

	-hpa


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