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mksteve
mksteve

Reputation: 13085

What is the plan to upgrade time_t for linux 32

Linux currently has time_t as 32 bits on Linux 32 bit. This will run out in less than 25 years (mortgage times) and Linux is being used embedded in devices with long > 10 year lifetimes (cars). Is there an upgrade plan for this platform?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 289

Answers (2)

viraptor
viraptor

Reputation: 34205

There were some good articles about it (specifically syscalls) on LWN. Have a look at System call conversion for year 2038

Upvotes: 2

ZaxLofful
ZaxLofful

Reputation: 1147

There is no "set" time or time frame for which all Linux kernels will be using 64-bit time_t. In fact right now the general consensus is that it will not be changed anytime soon. No one is really that worried about it yet; just like Y2K it will cause problems in code that already relies on time_t.

There are a few Operating Systems that are using the workaround which is to use a wrapper that makes time_t both a 32-bit and a 64-bit integer.

While others have just forcibly upgraded time_t to use 64-bit integers.

For more information please refer to this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

Upvotes: 2

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