put_old_timespec32(9)

💫 put_old_timespec32(9) 💫

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ today's main character is put_old_timespec32(9) and honestly? she's a little niche but she slays at ABI compat 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

put_old_timespec32 — converts a timespec64 value into a &struct old_timespec32 and then copies that latter thing over to userspace 💅

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int put_old_timespec32 (const struct timespec64 *ts , void __user *uts );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ts — the input struct timespec64, like, the source of truth bestie 💖
• uts — the user's struct old_timespec32, i.e. where it's all going 🦋

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does she actually do? she handles the X86_X32_ABI compatibility conversion ✨ that's the whole vibe, no cap. it's giving "translator friend who speaks both dialects" energy ngl 👑

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

returns 0 on success, or a negative errno on error 😭 (so fr fr, check that return value, iykyk)

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kernel file ./kernel/time/time.c — and the whole extended friend group, all of them, in order, no skipping 🫶

• jiffies_to_msecs(9)
• jiffies_to_usecs(9)
• mktime64(9)
• set_normalized_timespec64(9)
• ns_to_timespec64(9)
• __msecs_to_jiffies(9)
• __usecs_to_jiffies(9)
• timespec64_to_jiffies(9)
• jiffies_to_timespec64(9)
• jiffies_to_clock_t(9)
• clock_t_to_jiffies(9)
• jiffies_64_to_clock_t(9)
• nsec_to_clock_t(9)
• jiffies64_to_nsecs(9)
• jiffies64_to_msecs(9)
• nsecs_to_jiffies64(9)
• nsecs_to_jiffies(9)
• timespec64_add_safe(9)
• get_timespec64(9)
• put_timespec64(9)
• get_old_timespec32(9)
• get_itimerspec64(9)
• put_itimerspec64(9)
• get_old_itimerspec32(9)
• put_old_itimerspec32(9)

like, the whole timespec/itimerspec family reunion 💀 iconic behavior honestly 🧚

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and that's the page!! brought to you by the fine people at ./kernel/time 🌸 dated October 2026, and yes the footer still says put_old_timespec32(9) because she's the moment 💜 byeeee ✨💅