netdev - Re: [PATCH 6/8] socket: Add struct sock

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Date:   Sat, 24 Nov 2018 14:37:42 -0500
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     deepa.kernel@...il.com
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] socket: Add struct sock_timeval

On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 4:00 AM Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
>
> The new type is meant to be used as a y2038 safe structure
> to be used as part of cmsg data.
> Presently the SO_TIMESTAMP socket option uses struct timeval
> for timestamps. This is not y2038 safe.
> Subsequent patches in the series add new y2038 safe socket
> option to be used in the place of SO_TIMESTAMP_OLD.
> struct sock_timeval will be used as the timestamp format
> at that time.
>
> struct sock_timeval also maintains the same layout across
> 32 bit and 64 bit ABIs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/time.h | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/time.h b/include/uapi/linux/time.h
> index 04d5587f30d3..106f9398c285 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/time.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/time.h
> @@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ struct __kernel_old_timeval {
>  };
>  #endif
>
> +struct sock_timeval {
> +       long long tv_sec;
> +       long long tv_usec;

should these use fixed-width type __u64?

even if all data models define long long as 64-bit, that might be more
descriptive.