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  • The Linux Kernel Is Still Rectifying The Year 2038 Problem

    Phoronix: The Linux Kernel Is Still Rectifying The Year 2038 Problem

    The Linux kernel is still working to rectify the Year 2038 problem whereby the time values stored as signed 32-bit integers will wrap around...

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  • #2
    "If the Linux Kernel was written in Rust that would not happen"

    sqn!

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    • #3
      64 Bits will get us to the year 292,471,208,630.

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      • #4
        Quick! Before it's too late!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by oldgaro View Post
          "If the Linux Kernel was written in Rust that would not happen"

          sqn!
          I can't see it taking more than a cycle or two to rewrite everything in Rust.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by oldgaro View Post
            sqn!
            Like in portuguese "só que não"?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by JustRob View Post
              64 Bits will get us to the year 292,471,208,630.
              Just kicking the can down the road. Now we have a Y292B problem.

              Clearly the only real solution is to come up with a variable length date structure.
              Last edited by smitty3268; 19 November 2017, 03:36 PM.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by smitty3268 View Post

                Just kicking the can down the road. Now we have a Y292B problem.

                Clearly the only real solution is to come up with a variable length date structure.
                Beats Windows with their Y28K problem though :-)

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by oldgaro View Post
                  "If the Linux Kernel was written in Rust that would not happen"

                  sqn!
                  It's integer overflow, how would Rust have helped with that?

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                  • #10
                    I would love to know when Real Time Linux patches will get merged upstream/vanilla. Please make it happen!

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