Rich Felker
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time64 syscall is used only if it's the only one defined for the arch, or if either of the requested times does not fit in 32 bits. care is taken to normalize the inputs to account for UTIME_NOW or UTIME_OMIT in tv_nsec, in which case tv_sec should be ignored. this is needed not only to avoid spurious time64 syscalls that might waste time failing with ENOSYS, but also to accurately decide whether fallback is possible. if the requested time cannot be represented, the function fails with ENOTSUP, defined in general as "The implementation does not support the requested feature or value". neither the time64 syscall, nor this error, can happen on current 32-bit archs where time_t is a 32-bit type, and both are statically unreachable. on 64-bit archs, there are only superficial changes to the SYS_futimesat fallback path, which has been modified to pass long[4] instead of struct timeval[2] to the kernel, making it suitable for use on 32-bit archs even once time_t is changed to 64-bit. for 32-bit archs, the call to SYS_utimensat has also been changed to copy the timespecs through an array of long[4] rather than passing the timespec[2] in-place.
musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/