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-rw-r--r--include/linux/time32.h1
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/time.h12
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/time.c12
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/time32.h b/include/linux/time32.h
index 65b1de25198d..d2bcd4377b56 100644
--- a/include/linux/time32.h
+++ b/include/linux/time32.h
@@ -217,5 +217,6 @@ static inline s64 timeval_to_ns(const struct timeval *tv)
* Returns the timeval representation of the nsec parameter.
*/
extern struct timeval ns_to_timeval(const s64 nsec);
+extern struct __kernel_old_timeval ns_to_kernel_old_timeval(s64 nsec);
#endif
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/time.h b/include/uapi/linux/time.h
index 61a187df8da2..16a296612ba4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/time.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/time.h
@@ -43,6 +43,18 @@ struct itimerval {
};
/*
+ * legacy timeval structure, only embedded in structures that
+ * traditionally used 'timeval' to pass time intervals (not absolute
+ * times). Do not add new users. If user space fails to compile
+ * here, this is probably because it is not y2038 safe and needs to
+ * be changed to use another interface.
+ */
+struct __kernel_old_timeval {
+ __kernel_long_t tv_sec;
+ __kernel_long_t tv_usec;
+};
+
+/*
* The IDs of the various system clocks (for POSIX.1b interval timers):
*/
#define CLOCK_REALTIME 0
diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index bd4e6c7dd689..3044d48ebe56 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c
@@ -488,6 +488,18 @@ struct timeval ns_to_timeval(const s64 nsec)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_to_timeval);
+struct __kernel_old_timeval ns_to_kernel_old_timeval(const s64 nsec)
+{
+ struct timespec64 ts = ns_to_timespec64(nsec);
+ struct __kernel_old_timeval tv;
+
+ tv.tv_sec = ts.tv_sec;
+ tv.tv_usec = (suseconds_t)ts.tv_nsec / 1000;
+
+ return tv;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_to_kernel_old_timeval);
+
/**
* set_normalized_timespec - set timespec sec and nsec parts and normalize
*