y2038: Introduce struct __timespec64 - new internal glibc type

This type is a glibc's "internal" type similar to struct timespec but
whose tv_sec field is a __time64_t rather than a time_t, which makes it
Y2038-proof and usable to pass syscalls between user code and Y2038-proof
kernel.

To support passing this structure to the kernel - the unnamed 32 bit
padding bit-field has been introduced. The placement of it depends on
the endianness of the SoC.

Tested on x86_64 and ARM.

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/time.h b/include/time.h
index dcf9185..9727786 100644
--- a/include/time.h
+++ b/include/time.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # include <bits/types/locale_t.h>
 # include <stdbool.h>
 # include <time/mktime-internal.h>
+# include <endian.h>
 
 extern __typeof (strftime_l) __strftime_l;
 libc_hidden_proto (__strftime_l)
@@ -50,6 +51,29 @@ extern void __tz_compute (__time64_t timer, struct tm *tm, int use_localtime)
   __THROW attribute_hidden;
 
 #if __TIMESIZE == 64
+# define __timespec64 timespec
+#else
+/* The glibc Y2038-proof struct __timespec64 structure for a time value.
+   To keep things Posix-ish, we keep the nanoseconds field a 32-bit
+   signed long, but since the Linux field is a 64-bit signed int, we
+   pad our tv_nsec with a 32-bit unnamed bit-field padding.
+
+   As a general rule the Linux kernel is ignoring upper 32 bits of
+   tv_nsec field.  */
+struct __timespec64
+{
+  __time64_t tv_sec;         /* Seconds */
+# if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
+  __int32_t :32;             /* Padding */
+  __int32_t tv_nsec;         /* Nanoseconds */
+# else
+  __int32_t tv_nsec;         /* Nanoseconds */
+  __int32_t :32;             /* Padding */
+# endif
+};
+#endif
+
+#if __TIMESIZE == 64
 # define __ctime64 ctime
 #else
 extern char *__ctime64 (const __time64_t *__timer) __THROW;