It was raised on libc-help [1] that some Linux kernel interfaces expect
the libc to define __USE_TIME_BITS64 to indicate the time_t size for the
kABI. Different than defined by the initial y2038 design document [2],
the __USE_TIME_BITS64 is only defined for ABIs that support more than
one time_t size (by defining the _TIME_BITS for each module).
The 64 bit time_t redirects are now enabled using a different internal
define (__USE_TIME64_REDIRECTS). There is no expected change in semantic
or code generation.
Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu, i686-linux-gnu, aarch64-linux-gnu, and
arm-linux-gnueabi
[1] https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-help/2024-January/006557.html
[2] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Y2038ProofnessDesign
Reviewed-by: DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
This subdirectory contains infrastructure which is not put into
installed libraries, but may be linked into programs (installed or
not) and tests.
# Error-checking wrappers
These wrappers test for error return codes an terminate the process on
error. They are declared in these header files:
* support.h
* xsignal.h
* xthread.h
* xtime.h
In general, new wrappers should be added to support.h if possible.
However, support.h must remain fully compatible with C90 and therefore
cannot include headers which use identifiers not reserved in C90. If
the wrappers need additional types, additional headers such as
signal.h need to be introduced.
# Test framework
The test framework provides a main program for tests, including a
timeout for hanging tests. See README-testing.c for a minimal
example, and test-driver.c for details how to use it. The following
header files provide related declarations:
* check.h
* temp_file.h
* test-driver.h
For tests that make use of struct timespec, the following header files
contain additional macros and helper functions:
* timespec.h
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