https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109540
--- Comment #5 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The description is a bit confusing, but the issue is that we define: typedef struct timespec __gthread_time_t; and then use that in several functions like this: static inline int __gthread_cond_timedwait (__gthread_cond_t *__cond, __gthread_mutex_t *__mutex, const __gthread_time_t *__abs_timeout) { return __gthrw_(pthread_cond_timedwait) (__cond, __mutex, __abs_timeout); } If libc uses a 64-bit time_t in struct timespec then we need to use __pthread_cond_timedwait64 instead of pthread_cond_timedwait, because the latter expects a struct containing a 32-bit time_t instead of a 64-bit one. The weak alias referenced by __gthrw_ is defined like so: static __typeof(pthread_cond_timedwait) __gthrw_pthread_cond_timedwait __attribute__ ((__weakref__("pthread_cond_timedwait"), __copy__ (pthread_cond_timedwait))); Where the _TIME_BITS=64 declaration of pthread_cond_timedwait is: extern int pthread_cond_timedwait (pthread_cond_t *__restrict __cond, pthread_mutex_t *__restrict __mutex, const struct timespec *__restrict __abstime) __asm__ ("" "__pthread_cond_timedwait64") The reported issue is that weakref("pthread_cond_timedwait") binds to a symbol of that name, rather than to __pthread_cond_timedwait64, so we end up passing a 64-bit timespec to the 32-bit pthread_cond_timedwait. However, that's not what I observe when I test it. If I compile with 32-bit time_t for i686 using GCC 12 and glibc-2.36-9.fc37.i686 then a call to __gthread_cond_timedwait will resolve to glibc's pthread_cond_timedwait which expects a 32-bit timespec: (gdb) 13 __gthread_cond_timedwait(&cond, &mutex, &ts); (gdb) step __gthread_cond_timedwait (__cond=0x804c060 <cond>, __mutex=0x804c090 <mutex>, __abs_timeout=0xffffc7e8) at /usr/include/c++/12/x86_64-redhat-linux/32/bits/gthr-default.h:872 872 return __gthrw_(pthread_cond_timedwait) (__cond, __mutex, __abs_timeout); (gdb) ___pthread_cond_timedwait (cond=0x804c060 <cond>, mutex=0x804c090 <mutex>, abstime=0xffffc7e8) at pthread_cond_wait.c:655 655 { (gdb) l 650 libc_hidden_def (__pthread_cond_timedwait64) 651 652 int 653 ___pthread_cond_timedwait (pthread_cond_t *cond, pthread_mutex_t *mutex, 654 const struct timespec *abstime) 655 { 656 struct __timespec64 ts64 = valid_timespec_to_timespec64 (*abstime); 657 658 return __pthread_cond_timedwait64 (cond, mutex, &ts64); 659 } If I recompile the same code with -D_TIME_BITS=64 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 then the call to __gthread_cond_timedwait resolves to glibc's __pthread_cond_timedwait64: (gdb) 13 __gthread_cond_timedwait(&cond, &mutex, &ts); (gdb) step __gthread_cond_timedwait (__cond=0x804c060 <cond>, __mutex=0x804c090 <mutex>, __abs_timeout=0xffffc7e0) at /usr/include/c++/12/x86_64-redhat-linux/32/bits/gthr-default.h:872 872 return __gthrw_(pthread_cond_timedwait) (__cond, __mutex, __abs_timeout); (gdb) ___pthread_cond_timedwait64 (cond=0x804c060 <cond>, mutex=0x804c090 <mutex>, abstime=0xffffc7e0) at pthread_cond_wait.c:632 632 { (gdb) l 627 628 /* See __pthread_cond_wait_common. */ 629 int 630 ___pthread_cond_timedwait64 (pthread_cond_t *cond, pthread_mutex_t *mutex, 631 const struct __timespec64 *abstime) 632 { 633 /* Check parameter validity. This should also tell the compiler that 634 it can assume that abstime is not NULL. */ 635 if (! valid_nanoseconds (abstime->tv_nsec)) 636 return EINVAL; So it seems to work fine. Do you actually observe a bug, or are you just speculating from reading the wiki page and headers?