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    y2038: Make CONFIG_64BIT_TIME unconditional · 9e195a42
    Arnd Bergmann authored
    commit f3d96467 upstream.
    
    As Stepan Golosunov points out, there is a small mistake in the
    get_timespec64() function in the kernel. It was originally added under the
    assumption that CONFIG_64BIT_TIME would get enabled on all 32-bit and
    64-bit architectures, but when the conversion was done, it was only turned
    on for 32-bit ones.
    
    The effect is that the get_timespec64() function never clears the upper
    half of the tv_nsec field for 32-bit tasks in compat mode. Clearing this is
    required for POSIX compliant behavior of functions that pass a 'timespec'
    structure with a 64-bit tv_sec and a 32-bit tv_nsec, plus uninitialized
    padding.
    
    The easiest fix for linux-5.1 is to just make the Kconfig symbol
    unconditional, as it was originally intended. As a follow-up, the #ifdef
    CONFIG_64BIT_TIME can be removed completely..
    
    Note: for native 32-bit mode, no change is needed, this works as
    designed and user space should never need to clear the upper 32
    bits of the tv_nsec field, in or out of the kernel.
    
    Fixes: 00bf25d6 ("y2038: use time32 syscall names on 32-bit")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
    Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
    Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
    Cc: Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@gmail.com>
    Cc: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>
    Cc: Stepan Golosunov <stepan@golosunov.pp.ru>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190422090710.bmxdhhankurhafxq@sghpc.golosunov.pp.ru/
    Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190429131951.471701-1-arnd@arndb.deSigned-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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