Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:19:20 -0700 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> To: Matthieu Michaud <matthieu@epita.info> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make struct timeval posix compliant ? Message-ID: <20070716061920.A96306@xorpc.icir.org> In-Reply-To: <1397BA88-CC55-4585-86CB-3BD08FBABEF5@epita.info>; from matthieu@epita.info on Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 01:10:46PM %2B0200 References: <1397BA88-CC55-4585-86CB-3BD08FBABEF5@epita.info>
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On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 01:10:46PM +0200, Matthieu Michaud wrote: > hello, > > on RELENG_6 sys/_timeval.h defines (struct timeval).tv_sec as long. > posix wants it to be a time_t. this seems to have been corrected a > long time ago in HEAD (see [1]). i took time to 'make universe' in a > RELENG_6 tree with the HEAD src/sys/sys/_timeval.h. i've found > similar breakage. here's a patch which correct it the same way. this > sounds like an idea with pros (conformance) and cons (abi change). > anyone interested in those changes ? the patch seems small, so i think it is a good thing to apply the change, as this should also simplify porting third party apps and reduce diffs with HEAD. cheers luigihome | help
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