From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Ley Foon Tan <lftan@altera.com>
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
lftan.linux@gmail.com, cltang@codesourcery.com,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/25] Change time_t and clock_t to 64 bit
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 08:24:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140513152429.GA15679@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1399971456-3941-1-git-send-email-lftan@altera.com>
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 04:57:36PM +0800, Ley Foon Tan wrote:
> This patchset change default time_t and clock_t to 64 bit in
> include/uapi/asm-generic/posix_types.h. The existing 32 bit architectures override
> these define to 32 bit in arch posix_types.h.
>
> There is request to support 64 bit time_t for new architecture [1]. According to the
I think this is an utterly wrong, and very dangerous approach. A 64-bit
time_t is something that will need non-trivial porting effort in
userland, and introducing it only for new fringe architectures is a
guaranteed way to create silent breakage.
If you do care about it make sure the architectures that are heavily
used support it and userland can properly deal with it first, and only
then default new architectures to it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-13 15:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 132+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-13 8:57 [PATCH 00/25] Change time_t and clock_t to 64 bit Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:02 ` [PATCH 01/25] asm-generic: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:15 ` James Hogan
2014-05-13 9:30 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-13 9:30 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-13 9:32 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:32 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:50 ` James Hogan
2014-05-13 9:50 ` James Hogan
2014-05-13 10:17 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 10:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-13 10:21 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-13 12:07 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-13 13:11 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-13 13:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-13 14:37 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-13 10:22 ` James Hogan
2014-05-13 10:22 ` James Hogan
2014-05-14 3:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-14 10:44 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-13 9:02 ` [PATCH 02/25] arc: Add 32 bit time_t and clock_t Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:02 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:02 ` [PATCH 03/25] arm: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:02 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:02 ` [PATCH 04/25] avr32: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:02 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 20:19 ` Hans-Christian Egtvedt
2014-05-14 1:54 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-14 7:44 ` Hans-Christian Egtvedt
2014-05-14 21:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-13 9:02 ` [PATCH 05/25] blackfin: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:02 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:03 ` [PATCH 06/25] c6x: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:03 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:03 ` [PATCH 08/25] frv: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:03 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:03 ` [PATCH 09/25] hexagon: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:03 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:03 ` [PATCH 10/25] m32r: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:03 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:03 ` [PATCH 11/25] m68k: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:03 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:04 ` [PATCH 12/25] metag: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:04 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:22 ` James Hogan
2014-05-13 9:22 ` James Hogan
2014-05-13 9:28 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:28 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:05 ` [PATCH 13/25] microblaze: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:05 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:05 ` [PATCH 14/25] mips: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:05 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:05 ` [PATCH 15/25] mn10300: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:05 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:05 ` [PATCH 16/25] openrisc: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:05 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:30 ` Jonas Bonn
2014-05-13 9:30 ` Jonas Bonn
2014-05-13 9:41 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:41 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` [PATCH 17/25] parisc: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 20:17 ` Helge Deller
2014-05-14 1:57 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-15 0:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-15 0:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-13 9:06 ` [PATCH 19/25] s390: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` [PATCH 20/25] score: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` [PATCH 21/25] sh: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` [PATCH 22/25] sparc: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` [PATCH 23/25] unicore32: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` [PATCH 25/25] xtense: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:06 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:10 ` [PATCH 07/25] cris: " Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 9:10 ` [PATCH 00/25] Change time_t and clock_t to 64 bit Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-13 9:23 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-13 15:24 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2014-05-13 15:33 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-13 17:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-05-13 18:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-13 18:24 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-13 19:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-13 20:35 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-14 11:00 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-14 12:21 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-14 14:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-14 14:01 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-14 14:46 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-14 15:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-15 15:47 ` James Bottomley
2014-05-15 16:36 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-15 21:07 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-05-16 7:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-05-16 23:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-16 23:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-14 21:33 ` John Stultz
2014-05-15 0:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-15 3:32 ` Nicolas Pitre
2014-05-15 11:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-15 11:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-05-15 17:11 ` Chung-Lin Tang
2014-05-15 17:12 ` Chung-Lin Tang
2014-05-15 17:12 ` Chung-Lin Tang
2014-05-15 18:01 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-05-15 19:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-15 20:10 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-05-15 20:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-15 20:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-15 21:05 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-05-19 8:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-19 8:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-19 14:46 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-05-19 17:22 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-19 18:12 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-05-19 18:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-16 23:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-16 23:47 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-05-17 0:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-18 13:46 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-05-18 16:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-18 18:18 ` Joseph S. Myers
2014-05-14 10:13 ` Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-14 10:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-05-14 21:04 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-13 18:15 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-05-13 19:14 ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-14 3:36 ` [PATCH 24/25] x86: Add 32 bit time_t and clock_t Ley Foon Tan
2014-05-14 3:36 ` Ley Foon Tan
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