Messages in this thread | | | From | Willem de Bruijn <> | Date | Sat, 24 Nov 2018 22:58:39 -0500 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/8] sockopt: Rename SO_TIMESTAMP* to SO_TIMESTAMP*_OLD |
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On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 3:58 AM Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@gmail.com> wrote: > > SO_TIMESTAMP, SO_TIMESTAMPNS and SO_TIMESTAMPING options, the > way they are currently defined, are not y2038 safe. > Subsequent patches in the series add new y2038 safe versions > of these options which provide 64 bit timestamps on all > architectures uniformly. > Hence, rename existing options with OLD tag suffixes.
Why do the existing interfaces have to be renamed when new interfaces are added?
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