Article 77TC3 Linux 7.3 Cleans Up The Code For Disabling Of Legacy 32-bit Time Support

Linux 7.3 Cleans Up The Code For Disabling Of Legacy 32-bit Time Support

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Michael Larabel
from Phoronix on (#77TC3)
The Linux kernel has supported the CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME Kconfig build time option for optionally disabling of legacy 32-bit time system call support. This is intended to disable the code that uses a 32-bit integer for time that is thus not Year 2038 safe, but at the cost of breaking compatibility for legacy 32-bit applications. Even if building without Linux 32-bit time support, it turns out some 32-bit time code persisted but that is now being fixed with Linux 7.3...
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