From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org,
"Alexandre Belloni" <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: class: Make the time32 hctosys limit configurable
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:43:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-178602@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261020080026.2461578-1-arnd@kernel.org>
> From: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
>
> The RTC_HCTOSYS feature faces an impossible dilemma on 32-bit systems:
>
> a) systemd requires RTC_HCTOSYS=y with the correct timestamp
> for its intended operation
>
> b) broken RTC hardware can produce random future timestamps
> beyond 2038 at boot time
>
> c) time32 userspace immediately hangs if the time is set to a
> date beyond 2038 and requires timestamps to be clamped
>
> d) time64 userspace is intended to survive the actual 2038
> date and requires timestamps to not be clamped
> [ ... ]
> Fixes: b3a5ac42ab18 ("rtc: hctosys: Ensure system time doesn't overflow time_t")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220908115337.1604277-1-arnd@kernel.org/
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 8:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-20 7:59 [PATCH] rtc: class: Make the time32 hctosys limit configurable Arnd Bergmann
2026-10-20 8:43 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-20 13:11 ` Alexandre Belloni
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2026-09-14 21:25 Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-14 21:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-15 5:48 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-15 22:37 ` Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-16 6:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-19 0:10 ` Karl Mehltretter
2026-09-19 9:16 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-22 21:37 ` Alexandre Belloni
2026-09-24 15:07 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-10-05 13:49 ` Alexandre Belloni
2026-10-06 12:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
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