# Re: \[Y2038\] \[PATCH 01/23\] y2038: remove CONFIG\_64BIT\_TIME

- From: Dmitry Safonov \<hidden\>
- Date: 2019-11-20 22:58:36 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2019/11/167296
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2019/11/166384/t.md

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On 11/20/19 10:28 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2019-11-08 at 22:07 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> [...]
>> --- a/kernel/time/time.c
>> +++ b/kernel/time/time.c
>> @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct old_timeval32 __user *, tv,
>>  }
>>  #endif
>>  
>> -#if !defined(CONFIG_64BIT_TIME) || defined(CONFIG_64BIT)
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>>  SYSCALL_DEFINE1(adjtimex, struct __kernel_timex __user *, txc_p)
>>  {
>>  	struct __kernel_timex txc;		/* Local copy of parameter */
>> @@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ int get_timespec64(struct timespec64 *ts,
>>  	ts->tv_sec = kts.tv_sec;
>>  
>>  	/* Zero out the padding for 32 bit systems or in compat mode */
>> -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT_TIME) && in_compat_syscall())
>> +	if (in_compat_syscall())
>>  		kts.tv_nsec &= 0xFFFFFFFFUL;
>>  
>>  	ts->tv_nsec = kts.tv_nsec;
> [...]
> 
> It's not a problem with this patch, but I noticed that this condition
> doesn't match what the comment says.  It looks like it was broken by:
> 
> commit 98f76206b33504b934209d16196477dfa519a807
> Author: Dmitry Safonov [ref]
> Date:   Fri Oct 12 14:42:53 2018 +0100
> 
>     compat: Cleanup in_compat_syscall() callers
> 

Ugh, you right. I've failed to read the condition and thought it's
related to CONFIG_COMPAT :(
I'll send a fix shortly, thanks for spotting this!

-- 
          Dmitry
```