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>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.txt b/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.txt
index 61daf4b39600..fd563aff5fc9 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.txt
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ an interface unit are:
   CONFIG_PPP_FILTER option is enabled, the set of packets which reset
   the transmit and receive idle timers is restricted to those which
   pass the `active' packet filter.
+  Two versions of this command exist, to deal with user space
+  expecting times as either 32-bit or 64-bit time_t seconds.
 
 * PPPIOCSMAXCID sets the maximum connection-ID parameter (and thus the
   number of connection slots) for the TCP header compressor and