'struct rusage' contains the run times of a process in 'timeval' format
and is accessed through the wait4() and getrusage() system calls. This
is not a problem for y2038 safety by itself, but causes an issue when
the C library starts using 64-bit time_t on 32-bit architectures because
the structure layout becomes incompatible.
There are three possible ways of dealing with this:
a) deprecate the wait4() and getrusage() system calls, and create
a set of kernel interfaces based around a newly defined structure that
could solve multiple problems at once, e.g. provide more fine-grained
timestamps. The C library could then implement the posix interfaces
on top of the new system calls.
b) Extend the approach taken by the x32 ABI, and use the 64-bit
native structure layout for rusage on all architectures with new
system calls that is otherwise compatible. A possible problem here
is that we end up with incompatible definitions of rusage between
/usr/include/linux/resource.h and /usr/include/bits/resource.h
c) Change the definition of struct rusage to be independent of
time_t. This is the easiest change, as it does not involve new system
call entry points, but it has the risk of introducing compile-time
incompatibilities with user space sources that rely on the type
of ru_utime and ru_stime.
I'm picking approch c) for its simplicity, but I'd like to hear from
others whether they would prefer a different approach.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c | 2 +-
include/uapi/linux/resource.h | 4 ++--
kernel/sys.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index fa1a392ca9a2..445ded2ea471 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ put_tv32(struct timeval32 __user *o, struct timespec64 *i)
}
static inline long
-put_tv_to_tv32(struct timeval32 __user *o, struct timeval *i)
+put_tv_to_tv32(struct timeval32 __user *o, struct __kernel_old_timeval *i)
{
return copy_to_user(o, &(struct timeval32){
.tv_sec = i->tv_sec,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/resource.h b/include/uapi/linux/resource.h
index cc00fd079631..74ef57b38f9f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/resource.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/resource.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
#define RUSAGE_THREAD 1 /* only the calling thread */
struct rusage {
- struct timeval ru_utime; /* user time used */
- struct timeval ru_stime; /* system time used */
+ struct __kernel_old_timeval ru_utime; /* user time used */
+ struct __kernel_old_timeval ru_stime; /* system time used */
__kernel_long_t ru_maxrss; /* maximum resident set size */
__kernel_long_t ru_ixrss; /* integral shared memory size */
__kernel_long_t ru_idrss; /* integral unshared data size */
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 83ffd7dccf23..c459e294aa9e 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1717,8 +1717,8 @@ void getrusage(struct task_struct *p, int who, struct rusage *r)
unlock_task_sighand(p, &flags);
out:
- r->ru_utime = ns_to_timeval(utime);
- r->ru_stime = ns_to_timeval(stime);
+ r->ru_utime = ns_to_kernel_old_timeval(utime);
+ r->ru_stime = ns_to_kernel_old_timeval(stime);
if (who != RUSAGE_CHILDREN) {
struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(p);
--
2.9.0
