From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, joseph@codesourcery.com,
john.stultz@linaro.org, hch@infradead.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
geert@linux-m68k.org, lftan@altera.com, hpa@zytor.com,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: [RFC 02/32] uapi: add struct __kernel_timespec{32,64}
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 22:01:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1401480116-1973111-3-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1401480116-1973111-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de>
We cannot use time_t or any derived structures beyond the year
2038 in interfaces between kernel and user space, on 32-bit
machines.
This is my suggestion for how to migrate syscall and ioctl
interfaces: We completely phase out time_t, timeval and timespec
from the uapi header files and replace them with types that are
either explicitly safe (__kernel_timespec64), or explicitly
unsafe (e.g. __kernel_timespec32). For each unsafe interface,
there needs to be a safe replacement interface.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
include/uapi/linux/time.h | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/time.h b/include/uapi/linux/time.h
index e75e1b6..e2b56a3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/time.h
@@ -3,7 +3,18 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
-
+/*
+ * time_t, timespec and timeval are not safe to use beyond
+ * 2038 on 32-bit systems, and should be phased out for
+ * in-kernel uses as well as interfaces to user space.
+ *
+ * Inside of the kernel, we can use e.g. inode_time,
+ * ktime_t or timespec64, as appropriate.
+ *
+ * In the long run, we have to stop making these definitions
+ * visibile to user headers, so libc can define its own
+ * 64-bit types.
+ */
#ifndef _STRUCT_TIMESPEC
#define _STRUCT_TIMESPEC
struct timespec {
@@ -17,6 +28,33 @@ struct timeval {
__kernel_suseconds_t tv_usec; /* microseconds */
};
+/*
+ * __kernel_timespec64 is the general type to be used for
+ * new user space interfaces passing a time argument.
+ * 64-bit nanoseconds is a bit silly, but the advantage is
+ * that it is compatible with the native 'struct timespec'
+ * on 64-bit user space. This simplifies the compat code.
+ */
+struct __kernel_timespec64 {
+ long long tv_sec;
+ long long tv_nsec;
+};
+
+/*
+ * As interfaces get moved over from time_t, timeval and timespec
+ * to __kernel_timespec64, we have to provide backwards compatibility
+ * interfaces. These can use __kernel_timespec32. Other types will
+ * be needed as required.
+ * The compat syscalls and ioctls can also migrate from compat_timespec
+ * to __kernel_timespec32 in order to share the implementation with
+ * the native 32-bit legacy handlers.
+ */
+struct __kernel_timespec32 {
+ int tv_sec;
+ int tv_nsec;
+};
+
+/* timezone is safe for use beyond 2038 */
struct timezone {
int tz_minuteswest; /* minutes west of Greenwich */
int tz_dsttime; /* type of dst correction */
--
1.8.3.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-30 20:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-30 20:01 [RFC 00/32] making inode time stamps y2038 ready Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 01/32] fs: introduce new 'struct inode_time' Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 7:56 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-31 8:39 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-05-31 13:19 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-31 13:46 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-05-31 14:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 16:15 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-31 9:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 14:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 14:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-30 20:01 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2014-05-30 20:18 ` [RFC 02/32] uapi: add struct __kernel_timespec{32,64} H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 15:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 03/32] fs: introduce sys_utimens64at Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 9:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2014-05-31 14:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 04/32] fs: introduce sys_newfstat64/sys_newfstatat64 Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 05/32] arch: hook up new stat and utimes syscalls Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 06/32] isofs: fix timestamps beyond 2027 Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 7:59 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-31 8:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 07/32] fs/nfs: convert to struct inode_time Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 08/32] fs/ceph: convert to 'struct inode_time' Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 09/32] fs/pstore: convert to struct inode_time Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 21:14 ` Kees Cook
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 10/32] fs/coda: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 11/32] xfs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 0:37 ` Dave Chinner
2014-05-31 0:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 1:14 ` Dave Chinner
2014-05-31 1:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 5:54 ` Dave Chinner
2014-05-31 8:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 15:46 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-06-01 19:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-01 20:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-02 11:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 1:36 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-06-02 2:22 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-02 7:09 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-06-02 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 11:57 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 12:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 13:15 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 12:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 13:07 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 15:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 14:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-02 15:04 ` Chuck Lever
2014-06-02 15:31 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 17:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-02 18:50 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 22:29 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 22:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-02 23:32 ` Theodore Ts'o
2014-06-02 23:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-03 13:09 ` Roger Willcocks
2014-06-02 18:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 18:58 ` Roger Willcocks
2014-06-02 19:04 ` Chuck Lever
2014-06-02 19:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-01 0:39 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-02 14:00 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-05-31 15:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-01 0:24 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-02 0:28 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-02 11:35 ` Roger Willcocks
2014-06-02 11:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-03 0:32 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-03 7:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-03 8:41 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-03 9:16 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 12/32] btrfs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 13/32] ext3: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 9:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-31 14:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 14/32] ext4: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 15/32] cifs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 16/32] ntfs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 17/32] ubifs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 7:54 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 18/32] ocfs2: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 19/32] fs/fat: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 20/32] afs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 21/32] udf: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 22/32] fs: convert simple fs to inode_time Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 23:06 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 23/32] logfs: convert to struct inode_time Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 24/32] hfs, hfsplus: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 14:23 ` Vyacheslav Dubeyko
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 25/32] gfs2: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 9:52 ` Steven Whitehouse
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 26/32] reiserfs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 27/32] jffs2: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 28/32] adfs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 29/32] f2fs: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 30/32] fuse: " Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 31/32] scsi: fnic: use current_kernel_time() for timestamp Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-30 20:01 ` [RFC 32/32] fs: use new inode_time definition unconditionally Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 14:30 ` [RFC 00/32] making inode time stamps y2038 ready Vyacheslav Dubeyko
2014-06-03 12:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 14:51 ` Richard Cochran
2014-05-31 15:23 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-31 18:22 ` Richard Cochran
2014-05-31 19:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-01 4:46 ` Richard Cochran
2014-06-01 4:44 ` Richard Cochran
2014-06-02 13:52 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-06-02 19:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 19:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-02 19:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 21:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-03 14:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-03 14:33 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-06-03 14:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-03 21:38 ` Dave Chinner
2014-06-04 15:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-04 17:30 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-06-04 19:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-05 0:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-10 9:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-06-02 21:02 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-06-04 15:05 ` Arnd Bergmann
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