linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/12] tools/nolibc: always use 64-bit time types

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Message-Id: <20251029-nolibc-uapi-types-v1-10-e79de3b215d8@weissschuh.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 17:03:00 +0100
From: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH 10/12] tools/nolibc: always use 64-bit time types

32-bit time types will stop working in 2038.

Switch to 64-bit time types everywhere.

Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cec27d94-c99d-4c57-9a12-275ea663dda8@app.fastmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---
 tools/include/nolibc/std.h   | 2 +-
 tools/include/nolibc/types.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/std.h b/tools/include/nolibc/std.h
index 392f4dd94158..b9a116123902 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/std.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/std.h
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ typedef unsigned long       nlink_t;
 typedef  int64_t              off_t;
 typedef   signed long     blksize_t;
 typedef   signed long      blkcnt_t;
-typedef __kernel_time_t      time_t;
+typedef __kernel_time64_t    time_t;
 
 #endif /* _NOLIBC_STD_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/types.h b/tools/include/nolibc/types.h
index 4f5a25567e5c..3b086f68b2be 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/types.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/types.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 struct timespec {
 	time_t	tv_sec;
-	long	tv_nsec;
+	int64_t	tv_nsec;
 };
 #define _STRUCT_TIMESPEC
 

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