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diff --git a/manual/maint.texi b/manual/maint.texi index 89da704..04faa22 100644 --- a/manual/maint.texi +++ b/manual/maint.texi @@ -491,6 +491,10 @@ derived as in the dual-time configuration case, and which expands to the symbol's name. For instance, the macro @code{__clock_gettime64} expands to @code{clock_gettime}. +When @code{__TIMESIZE} is set to 64, @theglibc{} will also define +the@code{__USE_TIME_BITS64} macro. It is used by the Linux kernel ABI +to set the expected @code{time_t} size used on some syscalls. + These macros are purely internal to @theglibc{} and exist only so that a single definition of the 64-bit time functions can be used on both single-time and dual-time configurations, and so that glibc code can |