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authorH. J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2012-02-10 14:04:27 -0800
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2012-02-20 12:48:47 -0800
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compat: Introduce COMPAT_USE_64BIT_TIME
Allow a compatibility ABI to use a 64-bit time_t and 64-bit members in struct timeval and struct timespec to avoid the Y2038 problem. This will be used for the x32 ABI. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 41c9f6515f46..1be91c048249 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
#include <asm/siginfo.h>
#include <asm/signal.h>
+#ifndef COMPAT_USE_64BIT_TIME
+#define COMPAT_USE_64BIT_TIME 0
+#endif
+
#define compat_jiffies_to_clock_t(x) \
(((unsigned long)(x) * COMPAT_USER_HZ) / HZ)