Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v2 03/10] compat: enable compat_get/put_timespec64 always

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Thu Dec 14 2017 - 18:27:13 EST


On Mon, 2017-11-27 at 11:30 -0800, Deepa Dinamani wrote:
> These functions are used in the repurposed compat syscalls
> to provide backward compatibility for using 32 bit time_t
> on 32 bit systems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
[...]

If I'm not mistaken, these functions will be needed only if
CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME is enabled. Should this be combined with
patch #5?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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