On 9/30/19 2:20 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > All system calls use struct __kernel_timespec instead of the old struct > timespec, but this one was just added with the old-style ABI. Change it > now to enforce the use of __kernel_timespec, avoiding ABI confusion and > the need for compat handlers on 32-bit architectures. > > Any user space caller will have to use __kernel_timespec now, but this > is unambiguous and works for any C library regardless of the time_t > definition. A nicer way to specify the timeout would have been a less > ambiguous 64-bit nanosecond value, but I suppose it's too late now to > change that as this would impact both 32-bit and 64-bit users. Thanks for catching that, Arnd. Applied. -- Jens Axboe
