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That's way easier to fix, though. You just need to fix the kernel's internal structures to keep track of time using two numbers. Y2K was a problem because every
by fluoridation 2y ago
That's way easier to fix, though. You just need to fix the kernel's internal structures to keep track of time using two numbers. Y2K was a problem because everyone had to fix their code, not just OSs.
- xboxnolifes 2y agoIt'll still be a problem for code that relies on time being 64-bit int of nanoseconds. How do you change the internal representation here without also breaking the API contract for application code?
- re 2y agoThe kernel does not have an API that exposes that representation to user code; system calls operate on timespec structs struct timespec { time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */ long tv_nsec; /* nanoseconds */ };