I'm writing a python program which reads input device events so it needs
to know sizeof(struct timeval). By using the struct module I should be
able to work out sizeof(long) from python, but I can't think of a way to
measure non-fundamental types without including a little bit of C,
which I'd rather avoid.
How safe would I be assuming that
sizeof(struct timeval) == 2 * sizeof(long)
is always true on Linux on different architectures? AFAIK the input
device interface is Linux-specific so I don't need to worry about other
OS's.
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Tony Houghton wrote: How safe would I be assuming that
sizeof(struct timeval) == 2 * sizeof(long)
is always true on Linux on different architectures?
Based on what I was looking at today (well, yesterday now), you might
be wrong.
I do know that the size of a struct utmp differs between a Linux
Itanium system and a Linux x86_64 system, and I seem to recall it migh be
related to timeval. I could be wrong - I wasn't interested in the timeval
part - but this part of the bits/utmp.h include file indicates the issue:
/* The ut_session and ut_tv fields must be the same size when compiled
32- and 64-bit. This allows data files and shared memory to be
shared between 32- and 64-bit applications. */
#if __WORDSIZE == 64 && defined __WORDSIZE_COMP AT32
int32_t ut_session; /* Session ID, used for windowing. */
struct
{
int32_t tv_sec; /* Seconds. */
int32_t tv_usec; /* Microseconds. */
} ut_tv; /* Time entry was made. */
#else
long int ut_session; /* Session ID, used for windowing. */
struct timeval ut_tv; /* Time entry was made. */
#endif
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Big and Blue wrote: Tony Houghton wrote: How safe would I be assuming that sizeof(struct timeval) == 2 * sizeof(long)
is always true on Linux on different architectures?
Based on what I was looking at today (well, yesterday now), you might be wrong.
However, it looks as though I was wrong:
linux/time.h:
struct timeval {
time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */
suseconds_t tv_usec; /* microseconds */
};
time.h:
typedef __time_t time_t;
sys/time.h:
typedef __suseconds_t suseconds_t;
bits/types.h:
__STD_TYPE __TIME_T_TYPE __time_t; /* Seconds since the Epoch. */
...
__STD_TYPE __SUSECONDS_T_T YPE __suseconds_t; /* Signed count of microseconds */
bits/typesizes.h:
#define __TIME_T_TYPE __SLONGWORD_TYP E
...
#define __SUSECONDS_T_T YPE __SLONGWORD_TYP E
bits/types.h:
#define __SLONGWORD_TYP E long int
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In <Dc************ ********@pipex. net>,
Big and Blue <No**@dsl.pipex .com> wrote: Tony Houghton wrote: How safe would I be assuming that
sizeof(struct timeval) == 2 * sizeof(long)
is always true on Linux on different architectures? Based on what I was looking at today (well, yesterday now), you might be wrong.
I do know that the size of a struct utmp differs between a Linux Itanium system and a Linux x86_64 system, and I seem to recall it migh be related to timeval. I could be wrong - I wasn't interested in the timeval part - but this part of the bits/utmp.h include file indicates the issue:
So is __WORDSIZE_COMP AT32 defined for one of Itanium or x86_64 but not
the other? The comment in the code below implies the opposite of what
you're saying: the size in 64-bit mode has to be the same as in 32-bit
mode, and as both CPUs have the same 32-bit architecture they should
therefore both use the same sized struct in 64-bit mode.
In any case, it does imply that timeval can be relied on to be 2 *
32-bits (2 * long) in 32-bit architectures and something else in 64-bit
architectures - where long is 64-bit.
/* The ut_session and ut_tv fields must be the same size when compiled 32- and 64-bit. This allows data files and shared memory to be shared between 32- and 64-bit applications. */ #if __WORDSIZE == 64 && defined __WORDSIZE_COMP AT32 int32_t ut_session; /* Session ID, used for windowing. */ struct { int32_t tv_sec; /* Seconds. */ int32_t tv_usec; /* Microseconds. */ } ut_tv; /* Time entry was made. */ #else long int ut_session; /* Session ID, used for windowing. */ struct timeval ut_tv; /* Time entry was made. */ #endif
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Big and Blue <No**@dsl.pipex .com> wrote: Big and Blue wrote: Tony Houghton wrote: How safe would I be assuming that sizeof(struct timeval) == 2 * sizeof(long)
is always true on Linux on different architectures?
Based on what I was looking at today (well, yesterday now), you might be wrong.
However, it looks as though I was wrong:
[Snip headers showing my assumption is correct for his PC too]
I've already looked at those headers too. But most of the definitions
look like internal types and I'm not confident I can rely on them
staying the same size. But I don't think there's a strong enough case
for changing them to justify the glibc ABI change etc, so I'm probably
safe.
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Tony Houghton <th************ ******@realh.co .uk>
wrote:-
<snip> In any case, it does imply that timeval can be relied on to be 2 * 32-bits (2 * long) in 32-bit architectures and something else in 64-bit architecture s - where long is 64-bit.
Using the source below for a quick test on both a 32 and 64 bit SUSE
system[0], I get a size of 8 bytes on the 32 bit system, which implies 2
* 32 bit, and 16 ( 2 * 64 bit) on the 64 bit system.
<Source>
/*
quick, boring, and probably could do with a major cleanup
but it should be fine
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
int main(void)
{
int the_size=sizeof (struct timeval);
printf("%u\n", the_size);
exit(0);
}
</Source>
[0] see .sig for details.
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Tony Houghton wrote: I'm writing a python program which reads input device events so it needs to know sizeof(struct timeval). By using the struct module I should be able to work out sizeof(long) from python, but I can't think of a way to measure non-fundamental types without including a little bit of C, which I'd rather avoid.
How safe would I be assuming that
sizeof(struct timeval) == 2 * sizeof(long)
I've no idea.
But regardless of whether it's 'safe' amongst current devices,
you're setting yourself up for a Y2K-family bug. Except it'll
be a real one, not a storm-inna-teacup.
My python isn't up to sizeof issues either, so I can't help
you there. Either figure it out, or do it in C.
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Tony Houghton wrote: I'm writing a python program which reads input device events so it needs to know sizeof(struct timeval). By using the struct module I should be able to work out sizeof(long) from python, but I can't think of a way to measure non-fundamental types without including a little bit of C, which I'd rather avoid.
How safe would I be assuming that
sizeof(struct timeval) == 2 * sizeof(long)
is always true on Linux on different architectures? AFAIK the input device interface is Linux-specific so I don't need to worry about other OS's.
If I were you, I would write a Pyrex 4-liners which exposes this structure to
Python in the way you prefer. This would immediately fix all these
compatibility issues.
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Nick Kew wrote: Tony Houghton wrote: ... But regardless of whether it's 'safe' amongst current devices, you're setting yourself up for a Y2K-family bug. Except it'll be a real one, not a storm-inna-teacup.
Hey, hey, don't go spouting off like one of those ignorant journalists!
I and a lot of other programmers wasted years debugging code ahead of
2000 to make darn sure the tempest stayed in the teacup. The code I
worked on sure as heck would have screwed over a bunch of Texans on
Medicaid, and I would have far preferred to be at my previous job
monitoring Space Shuttle data.
And in that Nick is correct, don't paint yourself into a corner.
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