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syscall: updates types related to "time_t" to 64-bit on linux/arm #60248

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xray-bit opened this issue May 17, 2023 · 3 comments
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syscall: updates types related to "time_t" to 64-bit on linux/arm #60248

xray-bit opened this issue May 17, 2023 · 3 comments
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What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
go version go1.20.4 windows/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

linux/arm

What did you do?

What did you expect to see?

I'm hoping it can be made compatible with the 64-bit "time_t" type to solve the "2038 problem".

What did you see instead?

All types in ztypes_linux_arm.go related to "time_t" are 32-bit (such as Timespec, Timeval, Time_t, etc.). However, as of Linux 5.10, all "time_t"-related types have been updated to 64-bit (although I'm not certain from which kernel version this change was made).
@gopherbot gopherbot added the compiler/runtime Issues related to the Go compiler and/or runtime. label May 17, 2023
@heschi heschi added the NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. label May 17, 2023
@heschi heschi added this to the Backlog milestone May 17, 2023
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heschi commented May 17, 2023

cc @golang/runtime

@mknyszek mknyszek changed the title syscall: types related to "time_t" on linux/arm syscall: updates types related to "time_t" to 64-bit on linux/arm May 17, 2023
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ARM, 386, and MIPS are I think all using a 32-bit time_t. I don't think any of us are going to work on this in the short-term. It's also a question of whether we should even update the syscall package, because it's frozen (not saying we shouldn't anyway but it is indeed frozen). We should at least update golang.org/x/sys/unix if it isn't already.

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My understanding is that implementing this means changing Time_t to be 64 bits, and then changing the following functions to call the 64-bit versions of the system calls:

  • ClockGettime
  • ClockAdjtime
  • ClockGetres
  • ClockNanosleep
  • Futimesat
  • Gettimeofday
  • Select
  • Time
  • TimerfdGettime
  • TimerfdSettime
  • Utimes
  • UtimesNanoAt
  • Pselect
  • Ppoll

As the 64-bit system calls are not available on all supported Linux versions, the code will have to fall back to the 32-bit versions of the system calls if necessary.

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