On 2025-09-19 01:46:43+0000, Zhouyi Zhou wrote:
> Commit d5094bcb5bfd ("tools/nolibc: define time_t in terms of
> __kernel_old_time_t") made nolibc use the kernel's time type so that
> `time_t` matches `timespec::tv_sec` on all ABIs (notably x32).
>
> But since __kernel_old_time_t
> is fairly new, notably from 2020 in commit 94c467ddb273 ("y2038: add
> __kernel_old_timespec and __kernel_old_time_t"), nolibc builds that
> rely on host headers may fail.
>
> Switch to __kernel_time_t, which is the same as
> __kernel_old_time_t and has existed for longer.
>
> Tested in PPC VM of Open Source Lab of Oregon State University
> (./tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh)
>
> Fixes: d5094bcb5bfd ("tools/nolibc: define time_t in terms of
> __kernel_old_time_t")
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyi Zhou <[email protected]>
Thanks! Although it is fairly late in the developmment cycle I have
applied it to nolibc-next for 6.18.
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