There are a total of 53 system calls (aside from ioctl) that pass a time_t or derived data structure as an argument, and in order to extend time_t to 64-bit, we have to replace them with new system calls and keep providing backwards compatibility.
To avoid adding completely new and untested code for this purpose, we introduce a new CONFIG_64BIT_TIME symbol. Every architecture that supports new 64 bit time_t syscalls enables this config.
After this is done for all architectures, the CONFIG_64BIT_TIME symbol will be deleted.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani deepa.kernel@gmail.com --- arch/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig index 8e0d665c8d53..16e6acfe8711 100644 --- a/arch/Kconfig +++ b/arch/Kconfig @@ -870,6 +870,14 @@ config OLD_SIGACTION config COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION bool
+config 64BIT_TIME + def_bool ARCH_HAS_64BIT_TIME + help + This should be selected by all architectures that need to support + new system calls with a 64-bit time_t. This is relevant on all 32-bit + architectures, and 64-bit architectures as part of compat syscall + handling. + config ARCH_NO_COHERENT_DMA_MMAP bool