y2038: uapi: change __kernel_time_t to __kernel_old_time_t

This is mainly a patch for clarification, and to let us remove
the time_t definition from the kernel to prevent new users from
creeping in

y2038: uapi: change __kernel_time_t to __kernel_old_time_t

This is mainly a patch for clarification, and to let us remove
the time_t definition from the kernel to prevent new users from
creeping in that might not be y2038-safe.

All remaining uses of 'time_t' or '__kernel_time_t' are part of
the user API that cannot be changed by that either have a
replacement or that do not suffer from the y2038 overflow.

Acked-by: Deepa Dinamani <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>

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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 t

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: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>

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License cleanup: add SPDX license identifier to uapi header files with a license

Many user space API headers have licensing information, which is either
incomplete, badly formatted or just a shortha

License cleanup: add SPDX license identifier to uapi header files with a license

Many user space API headers have licensing information, which is either
incomplete, badly formatted or just a shorthand for referring to the
license under which the file is supposed to be. This makes it hard for
compliance tools to determine the correct license.

Update these files with an SPDX license identifier. The identifier was
chosen based on the license information in the file.

GPL/LGPL licensed headers get the matching GPL/LGPL SPDX license
identifier with the added 'WITH Linux-syscall-note' exception, which is
the officially assigned exception identifier for the kernel syscall
exception:

NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel
services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use
of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work".

This exception makes it possible to include GPL headers into non GPL
code, without confusing license compliance tools.

Headers which have either explicit dual licensing or are just licensed
under a non GPL license are updated with the corresponding SPDX
identifier and the GPLv2 with syscall exception identifier. The format
is:
((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR SPDX-ID-OF-OTHER-LICENSE)

SPDX license identifiers are a legally binding shorthand, which can be
used instead of the full boiler plate text. The update does not remove
existing license information as this has to be done on a case by case
basis and the copyright holders might have to be consulted. This will
happen in a separate step.

This patch is based on work done by Thomas Gleixner and Kate Stewart and
Philippe Ombredanne. See the previous patch in this series for the
methodology of how this patch was researched.

Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

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UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux

Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michae

UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux

Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michael Kerrisk <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Dave Jones <[email protected]>

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