compat_ioctl: handle PPPIOCGIDLE for 64-bit time_t

The ppp_idle structure is defined in terms of __kernel_time_t, which is
defined as 'long' on all architectures, and this usage is not affected
by the y2038 problem since it transports a time interval rather than an
absolute time.

However, the ppp user space defines the same structure as time_t, which
may be 64-bit wide on new libc versions even on 32-bit architectures.

It's easy enough to just handle both possible structure layouts on
all architectures, to deal with the possibility that a user space ppp
implementation comes with its own ppp_idle structure definition, as well
as to document the fact that the driver is y2038-safe.

Doing this also avoids the need for a special compat mode translation,
since 32-bit and 64-bit kernels now support the same interfaces.  The old
32-bit structure is also available on native 64-bit architectures now,
but this is harmless.

Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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Arnd Bergmann
2019-04-16 22:19:44 +02:00
parent 5b6c02df50
commit 17c7e7f407
5 changed files with 37 additions and 38 deletions

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@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ struct pppol2tp_ioc_stats {
#define PPPIOCGDEBUG _IOR('t', 65, int) /* Read debug level */
#define PPPIOCSDEBUG _IOW('t', 64, int) /* Set debug level */
#define PPPIOCGIDLE _IOR('t', 63, struct ppp_idle) /* get idle time */
#define PPPIOCGIDLE32 _IOR('t', 63, struct ppp_idle32) /* 32-bit times */
#define PPPIOCGIDLE64 _IOR('t', 63, struct ppp_idle64) /* 64-bit times */
#define PPPIOCNEWUNIT _IOWR('t', 62, int) /* create new ppp unit */
#define PPPIOCATTACH _IOW('t', 61, int) /* attach to ppp unit */
#define PPPIOCDETACH _IOW('t', 60, int) /* obsolete, do not use */