[LTP] [PATCH 4/5] syscalls: Don't pass struct timespec to tst_syscall()

[Viresh Kumar]

On 19-05-20, 14:21, Cyril Hrubis wrote:
> So we can as well so that they take the tst_ts structure, then we are
> also free to change the way the timestamp is acquired without the need
> to change all the callers.

I am not sure I understood it all. What do you mean by "also free to change the
way the timestamp is acquired"?

Also, even if these routines take a struct tst_ts, the callers will all need to
have the changes which are currently done, as they can't pass struct timespec
anymore. Over that, few of the callers (cve-2016-7117.c and tst_timer_test.c)
would be required to have more changes as right now they only needed to move
from timespec to __kernel_old_timespec and nothing else.

Another reason why I didn't pass tst_ts to them is because you suggested me
earlier, to not pass that to the tst_syscall() definitions I added earlier for
all the syscalls, where I was doing tst_get_ts() inside the tst_clock_gettime()
calls for example. And you asked me to let the caller do that and pass only the
actual timespec in a void *.

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viresh