On vr, 04 okt 2019 13:52:11 -0400, James Carlson wrote: > On 10/04/19 13:40, Kurt Van Dijck wrote: > > I think you confirm 4x what I said, but I probably expressed myself > > badly, so "show me code!", I created this patch. > > It (1) works for me and (2) does not mix userspace headers in kernel > > space anywhere. > > Would this work for you? > > That seems ok, in as much as it compiles on Solaris. But I'm still a > little confused about your apparent opposition to <sys/time.h> at the > point where time_t is actually used. > > <sys/time.h> is part of the UNIX standards. It's documented to define > time_t (among other things). It's on-point for a header file that may > be used in kernel context. What's the concern? headers under sys/ are, AFAIK, not delivered by the kernel, but by the toolchain. sys/time.h may have less issues than time.h, it has the same disease. But maybe I'm incompetent on the matter, my knowledge besides linux on this matter is very limited. Kurt
