Fix windows y2k38 issue by creating our own timeval datatype (#772)

As per Issue #760, the use of `struct timeval` is meant for only time
differentials, however it could be used to denote an exact timeout. This
could lead to y2k38 issues on some platforms.

Fixes Issue #760
Fix By: Brad House (@bradh352)

src/lib/ares__close_sockets.c

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 static void ares__requeue_queries(struct server_connection *conn)
 {
   struct query  *query;
-  struct timeval now = ares__tvnow();
+  ares_timeval_t now = ares__tvnow();
 
   while ((query = ares__llist_first_val(conn->queries_to_conn)) != NULL) {
     ares__requeue_query(query, &now);

src/lib/ares__threads.c

@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ void ares__channel_unlock(const ares_channel_t *channel)
 ares_status_t ares_queue_wait_empty(ares_channel_t *channel, int timeout_ms)
 {
   ares_status_t  status = ARES_SUCCESS;
-  struct timeval tout;
+  ares_timeval_t tout;
 
   if (!ares_threadsafety()) {
     return ARES_ENOTIMP;
@@ -562,9 +562,9 @@ ares_status_t ares_queue_wait_empty(ares_channel_t *channel, int timeout_ms)
   }
 
   if (timeout_ms >= 0) {
-    tout          = ares__tvnow();
-    tout.tv_sec  += timeout_ms / 1000;
-    tout.tv_usec += (timeout_ms % 1000) * 1000;
+    tout       = ares__tvnow();
+    tout.sec  += (ares_int64_t)(timeout_ms / 1000);
+    tout.usec += (unsigned int)(timeout_ms % 1000) * 1000;
   }
 
   ares__thread_mutex_lock(channel->lock);
@@ -572,13 +572,13 @@ ares_status_t ares_queue_wait_empty(ares_channel_t *channel, int timeout_ms)
     if (timeout_ms < 0) {
       ares__thread_cond_wait(channel->cond_empty, channel->lock);
     } else {
-      struct timeval tv_remaining;
-      struct timeval tv_now = ares__tvnow();
+      ares_timeval_t tv_remaining;
+      ares_timeval_t tv_now = ares__tvnow();
       unsigned long  tms;
 
       ares__timeval_remaining(&tv_remaining, &tv_now, &tout);
-      tms = (unsigned long)((tv_remaining.tv_sec * 1000) +
-                            (tv_remaining.tv_usec / 1000));
+      tms = (unsigned long)((tv_remaining.sec * 1000) +
+                            (tv_remaining.usec / 1000));
       if (tms == 0) {
         status = ARES_ETIMEOUT;
       } else {

src/lib/ares__timeval.c

@@ -30,79 +30,62 @@
 
 #if defined(WIN32) && !defined(MSDOS)
 
-struct timeval ares__tvnow(void)
+ares_timeval_t ares__tvnow(void)
 {
-  /*
-  ** GetTickCount() is available on _all_ Windows versions from W95 up
-  ** to nowadays. Returns milliseconds elapsed since last system boot,
-  ** increases monotonically and wraps once 49.7 days have elapsed.
-  */
-  struct timeval now;
+  /* GetTickCount() is available on _all_ Windows versions from W95 up
+   * to nowadays. Returns milliseconds elapsed since last system boot,
+   * increases monotonically and wraps once 49.7 days have elapsed. */
+  ares_timeval_t now;
   DWORD          milliseconds = GetTickCount();
-  now.tv_sec                  = (long)milliseconds / 1000;
-  now.tv_usec                 = (long)(milliseconds % 1000) * 1000;
+
+  now.sec                     = (ares_int64_t)milliseconds / 1000;
+  now.usec                    = (unsigned int)(milliseconds % 1000) * 1000;
   return now;
 }
 
 #elif defined(HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME_MONOTONIC)
 
-struct timeval ares__tvnow(void)
+ares_timeval_t ares__tvnow(void)
 {
-  /*
-  ** clock_gettime() is granted to be increased monotonically when the
-  ** monotonic clock is queried. Time starting point is unspecified, it
-  ** could be the system start-up time, the Epoch, or something else,
-  ** in any case the time starting point does not change once that the
-  ** system has started up.
-  */
-  struct timeval  now;
+  /* clock_gettime() is guaranteed to be increased monotonically when the
+   * monotonic clock is queried. Time starting point is unspecified, it
+   * could be the system start-up time, the Epoch, or something else,
+   * in any case the time starting point does not change once that the
+   * system has started up. */
+  ares_timeval_t  now;
   struct timespec tsnow;
-  if (0 == clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tsnow)) {
-    now.tv_sec  = tsnow.tv_sec;
-    now.tv_usec = (int)(tsnow.tv_nsec / 1000);
-  }
-  /*
-  ** Even when the configure process has truly detected monotonic clock
-  ** availability, it might happen that it is not actually available at
-  ** run-time. When this occurs simply fallback to other time source.
-  */
-#  ifdef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
-  else
-    (void)gettimeofday(&now, NULL); /* LCOV_EXCL_LINE */
-#  else
-  else {
-    now.tv_sec  = (long)time(NULL);
-    now.tv_usec = 0;
+
+  if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tsnow) == 0) {
+    now.sec  = (ares_int64_t)tsnow.tv_sec;
+    now.usec = (unsigned int)(tsnow.tv_nsec / 1000);
+  } else {
+    struct timeval tv;
+    (void)gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+    now.sec  = (ares_int64_t)tv.tv_sec;
+    now.usec = (unsigned int)tv.tv_usec;
   }
-#  endif
   return now;
 }
 
 #elif defined(HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY)
 
-struct timeval ares__tvnow(void)
+ares_timeval_t ares__tvnow(void)
 {
-  /*
-  ** gettimeofday() is not granted to be increased monotonically, due to
-  ** clock drifting and external source time synchronization it can jump
-  ** forward or backward in time.
-  */
-  struct timeval now;
-  (void)gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+  /* gettimeofday() is not granted to be increased monotonically, due to
+   * clock drifting and external source time synchronization it can jump
+   * forward or backward in time. */
+  ares_timeval_t now;
+  struct timeval tv;
+
+  (void)gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+  now.sec  = (ares_int64_t)tv.tv_sec;
+  now.usec = (unsigned int)tv.tv_usec;
+
   return now;
 }
 
 #else
 
-struct timeval ares__tvnow(void)
-{
-  /*
-  ** time() returns the value of time in seconds since the Epoch.
-  */
-  struct timeval now;
-  now.tv_sec  = (long)time(NULL);
-  now.tv_usec = 0;
-  return now;
-}
+#  error missing sub-second time retrieval function
 
 #endif

src/lib/ares_init.c

@@ -82,17 +82,17 @@ static int ares_query_timeout_cmp_cb(const void *arg1, const void *arg2)
   const struct query *q1 = arg1;
   const struct query *q2 = arg2;
 
-  if (q1->timeout.tv_sec > q2->timeout.tv_sec) {
+  if (q1->timeout.sec > q2->timeout.sec) {
     return 1;
   }
-  if (q1->timeout.tv_sec < q2->timeout.tv_sec) {
+  if (q1->timeout.sec < q2->timeout.sec) {
     return -1;
   }
 
-  if (q1->timeout.tv_usec > q2->timeout.tv_usec) {
+  if (q1->timeout.usec > q2->timeout.usec) {
     return 1;
   }
-  if (q1->timeout.tv_usec < q2->timeout.tv_usec) {
+  if (q1->timeout.usec < q2->timeout.usec) {
     return -1;
   }
 

src/lib/ares_private.h

@@ -167,6 +167,22 @@ struct server_connection {
   ares__llist_t       *queries_to_conn;
 };
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+typedef __int64          ares_int64_t;
+typedef unsigned __int64 ares_uint64_t;
+#else
+typedef long long          ares_int64_t;
+typedef unsigned long long ares_uint64_t;
+#endif
+
+/*! struct timeval on some systems like Windows doesn't support 64bit time so
+ *  therefore can't be used due to Y2K38 issues.  Make our own that does have
+ *  64bit time. */
+typedef struct {
+  ares_int64_t sec;  /*!< Seconds */
+  unsigned int usec; /*!< Microseconds. Can't be negative. */
+} ares_timeval_t;
+
 struct server_state {
   /* Configuration */
   size_t                    idx; /* index for server in system configuration */
@@ -183,7 +199,7 @@ struct server_state {
   struct server_connection *tcp_conn;
 
   /* The next time when we will retry this server if it has hit failures */
-  struct timeval            next_retry_time;
+  ares_timeval_t            next_retry_time;
 
   /* TCP buffer since multiple responses can come back in one read, or partial
    * in a read */
@@ -200,7 +216,7 @@ struct server_state {
 struct query {
   /* Query ID from qbuf, for faster lookup, and current timeout */
   unsigned short            qid; /* host byte order */
-  struct timeval            timeout;
+  ares_timeval_t            timeout;
   ares_channel_t           *channel;
 
   /*
@@ -358,12 +374,12 @@ void         *ares_malloc_zero(size_t size);
 void         *ares_realloc_zero(void *ptr, size_t orig_size, size_t new_size);
 
 /* return true if now is exactly check time or later */
-ares_bool_t   ares__timedout(const struct timeval *now,
-                             const struct timeval *check);
+ares_bool_t   ares__timedout(const ares_timeval_t *now,
+                             const ares_timeval_t *check);
 
 /* Returns one of the normal ares status codes like ARES_SUCCESS */
-ares_status_t ares__send_query(struct query *query, struct timeval *now);
-ares_status_t ares__requeue_query(struct query *query, struct timeval *now);
+ares_status_t ares__send_query(struct query *query, const ares_timeval_t *now);
+ares_status_t ares__requeue_query(struct query *query, const ares_timeval_t *now);
 
 /*! Retrieve a list of names to use for searching.  The first successful
  *  query in the list wins.  This function also uses the HOSTSALIASES file
@@ -402,10 +418,10 @@ void             ares__destroy_rand_state(ares_rand_state *state);
 void ares__rand_bytes(ares_rand_state *state, unsigned char *buf, size_t len);
 
 unsigned short ares__generate_new_id(ares_rand_state *state);
-struct timeval ares__tvnow(void);
-void           ares__timeval_remaining(struct timeval       *remaining,
-                                       const struct timeval *now,
-                                       const struct timeval *tout);
+ares_timeval_t ares__tvnow(void);
+void           ares__timeval_remaining(ares_timeval_t       *remaining,
+                                       const ares_timeval_t *now,
+                                       const ares_timeval_t *tout);
 ares_status_t  ares__expand_name_validated(const unsigned char *encoded,
                                            const unsigned char *abuf,
                                            size_t alen, char **s, size_t *enclen,
@@ -640,11 +656,11 @@ ares_status_t ares__qcache_create(ares_rand_state *rand_state,
                                   ares__qcache_t **cache_out);
 void          ares__qcache_flush(ares__qcache_t *cache);
 ares_status_t ares_qcache_insert(ares_channel_t       *channel,
-                                 const struct timeval *now,
+                                 const ares_timeval_t *now,
                                  const struct query   *query,
                                  ares_dns_record_t    *dnsrec);
 ares_status_t ares_qcache_fetch(ares_channel_t           *channel,
-                                const struct timeval     *now,
+                                const ares_timeval_t     *now,
                                 const ares_dns_record_t  *dnsrec,
                                 const ares_dns_record_t **dnsrec_resp);
 
@@ -660,14 +676,6 @@ void          ares_event_thread_destroy(ares_channel_t *channel);
 ares_status_t ares_event_thread_init(ares_channel_t *channel);
 
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-typedef __int64          ares_int64_t;
-typedef unsigned __int64 ares_uint64_t;
-#else
-typedef long long          ares_int64_t;
-typedef unsigned long long ares_uint64_t;
-#endif
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #  define HOSTENT_ADDRTYPE_TYPE short
 #  define HOSTENT_LENGTH_TYPE   short

src/lib/ares_process.c

@@ -50,17 +50,17 @@
 #include "ares_nameser.h"
 #include "ares_dns.h"
 
-static void        timeadd(struct timeval *now, size_t millisecs);
+static void        timeadd(ares_timeval_t *now, size_t millisecs);
 static ares_bool_t try_again(int errnum);
 static void        write_tcp_data(ares_channel_t *channel, fd_set *write_fds,
                                   ares_socket_t write_fd);
 static void        read_packets(ares_channel_t *channel, fd_set *read_fds,
-                                ares_socket_t read_fd, struct timeval *now);
-static void process_timeouts(ares_channel_t *channel, struct timeval *now);
+                                ares_socket_t read_fd, ares_timeval_t *now);
+static void process_timeouts(ares_channel_t *channel, ares_timeval_t *now);
 static ares_status_t process_answer(ares_channel_t      *channel,
                                     const unsigned char *abuf, size_t alen,
                                     struct server_connection *conn,
-                                    ares_bool_t tcp, struct timeval *now);
+                                    ares_bool_t tcp, ares_timeval_t *now);
 static void          handle_conn_error(struct server_connection *conn,
                                        ares_bool_t               critical_failure);
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static void server_increment_failures(struct server_state *server,
 {
   ares__slist_node_t   *node;
   const ares_channel_t *channel = server->channel;
-  struct timeval        next_retry_time;
+  ares_timeval_t        next_retry_time;
 
   node = ares__slist_node_find(channel->servers, server);
   if (node == NULL) {
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ static void server_set_good(struct server_state *server, ares_bool_t used_tcp)
     ares__slist_node_reinsert(node);
   }
 
-  server->next_retry_time.tv_sec  = 0;
-  server->next_retry_time.tv_usec = 0;
+  server->next_retry_time.sec  = 0;
+  server->next_retry_time.usec = 0;
 
   invoke_server_state_cb(server, ARES_TRUE,
                          used_tcp == ARES_TRUE ? ARES_SERV_STATE_TCP
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ static void server_set_good(struct server_state *server, ares_bool_t used_tcp)
 }
 
 /* return true if now is exactly check time or later */
-ares_bool_t ares__timedout(const struct timeval *now,
-                           const struct timeval *check)
+ares_bool_t ares__timedout(const ares_timeval_t *now,
+                           const ares_timeval_t *check)
 {
-  ares_int64_t secs = ((ares_int64_t)now->tv_sec - (ares_int64_t)check->tv_sec);
+  ares_int64_t secs = (now->sec - check->sec);
 
   if (secs > 0) {
     return ARES_TRUE; /* yes, timed out */
@@ -167,20 +167,20 @@ ares_bool_t ares__timedout(const struct timeval *now,
   }
 
   /* if the full seconds were identical, check the sub second parts */
-  return ((ares_int64_t)now->tv_usec - (ares_int64_t)check->tv_usec) >= 0
+  return ((ares_int64_t)now->usec - (ares_int64_t)check->usec) >= 0
            ? ARES_TRUE
            : ARES_FALSE;
 }
 
 /* add the specific number of milliseconds to the time in the first argument */
-static void timeadd(struct timeval *now, size_t millisecs)
+static void timeadd(ares_timeval_t *now, size_t millisecs)
 {
-  now->tv_sec  += (time_t)millisecs / 1000;
-  now->tv_usec += (time_t)((millisecs % 1000) * 1000);
+  now->sec  += (ares_int64_t)millisecs / 1000;
+  now->usec += (unsigned int)((millisecs % 1000) * 1000);
 
-  if (now->tv_usec >= 1000000) {
-    ++(now->tv_sec);
-    now->tv_usec -= 1000000;
+  if (now->usec >= 1000000) {
+    now->sec += now->usec / 1000000;
+    now->usec %= 1000000;
   }
 }
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static void processfds(ares_channel_t *channel, fd_set *read_fds,
                        ares_socket_t read_fd, fd_set *write_fds,
                        ares_socket_t write_fd)
 {
-  struct timeval now;
+  ares_timeval_t now;
 
   if (channel == NULL) {
     return;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void write_tcp_data(ares_channel_t *channel, fd_set *write_fds,
  * a packet if we finish reading one.
  */
 static void read_tcp_data(ares_channel_t           *channel,
-                          struct server_connection *conn, struct timeval *now)
+                          struct server_connection *conn, ares_timeval_t *now)
 {
   ares_ssize_t         count;
   struct server_state *server = conn->server;
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ fail:
 /* If any UDP sockets select true for reading, process them. */
 static void read_udp_packets_fd(ares_channel_t           *channel,
                                 struct server_connection *conn,
-                                struct timeval           *now)
+                                ares_timeval_t           *now)
 {
   ares_ssize_t  read_len;
   unsigned char buf[MAXENDSSZ + 1];
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ static void read_udp_packets_fd(ares_channel_t           *channel,
 }
 
 static void read_packets(ares_channel_t *channel, fd_set *read_fds,
-                         ares_socket_t read_fd, struct timeval *now)
+                         ares_socket_t read_fd, ares_timeval_t *now)
 {
   size_t                    i;
   ares_socket_t            *socketlist  = NULL;
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static void read_packets(ares_channel_t *channel, fd_set *read_fds,
 }
 
 /* If any queries have timed out, note the timeout and move them on. */
-static void process_timeouts(ares_channel_t *channel, struct timeval *now)
+static void process_timeouts(ares_channel_t *channel, ares_timeval_t *now)
 {
   ares__slist_node_t *node =
     ares__slist_node_first(channel->queries_by_timeout);
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ done:
 static ares_status_t process_answer(ares_channel_t      *channel,
                                     const unsigned char *abuf, size_t alen,
                                     struct server_connection *conn,
-                                    ares_bool_t tcp, struct timeval *now)
+                                    ares_bool_t tcp, ares_timeval_t *now)
 {
   struct query        *query;
   /* Cache these as once ares__send_query() gets called, it may end up
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static void handle_conn_error(struct server_connection *conn,
   ares__close_connection(conn);
 }
 
-ares_status_t ares__requeue_query(struct query *query, struct timeval *now)
+ares_status_t ares__requeue_query(struct query *query, const ares_timeval_t *now)
 {
   ares_channel_t *channel = query->channel;
   size_t max_tries        = ares__slist_len(channel->servers) * channel->tries;
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static struct server_state *ares__failover_server(ares_channel_t *channel)
   ares__rand_bytes(channel->rand_state, (unsigned char *)&r, sizeof(r));
   if (r % channel->server_retry_chance == 0) {
     /* Select a suitable failed server to retry. */
-    struct timeval      now = ares__tvnow();
+    ares_timeval_t      now = ares__tvnow();
     ares__slist_node_t *node;
     for (node = ares__slist_node_first(channel->servers); node != NULL;
          node = ares__slist_node_next(node)) {
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ static size_t ares__calc_query_timeout(const struct query *query)
   return timeplus;
 }
 
-ares_status_t ares__send_query(struct query *query, struct timeval *now)
+ares_status_t ares__send_query(struct query *query, const ares_timeval_t *now)
 {
   ares_channel_t           *channel = query->channel;
   struct server_state      *server;

src/lib/ares_qcache.c

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ fail:
 }
 
 static void ares__qcache_expire(ares__qcache_t       *cache,
-                                const struct timeval *now)
+                                const ares_timeval_t *now)
 {
   ares__slist_node_t *node;
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static void ares__qcache_expire(ares__qcache_t       *cache,
 
   while ((node = ares__slist_node_first(cache->expire)) != NULL) {
     const ares__qcache_entry_t *entry = ares__slist_node_val(node);
-    if (entry->expire_ts > now->tv_sec) {
+    if (entry->expire_ts > now->sec) {
       break;
     }
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static void ares__qcache_expire(ares__qcache_t       *cache,
 
 void ares__qcache_flush(ares__qcache_t *cache)
 {
-  struct timeval now;
+  ares_timeval_t now;
   memset(&now, 0, sizeof(now));
   ares__qcache_expire(cache, &now);
 }
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ done:
 static ares_status_t ares__qcache_insert(ares__qcache_t      *qcache,
                                          ares_dns_record_t   *dnsrec,
                                          const unsigned char *qbuf, size_t qlen,
-                                         const struct timeval *now)
+                                         const ares_timeval_t *now)
 {
   ares__qcache_entry_t *entry;
   unsigned int          ttl;
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@ static ares_status_t ares__qcache_insert(ares__qcache_t      *qcache,
   }
 
   entry->dnsrec    = dnsrec;
-  entry->expire_ts = now->tv_sec + (time_t)ttl;
-  entry->insert_ts = now->tv_sec;
+  entry->expire_ts = now->sec + (time_t)ttl;
+  entry->insert_ts = now->sec;
 
   /* We can't guarantee the server responded with the same flags as the
    * request had, so we have to re-parse the request in order to generate the
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ fail:
 }
 
 ares_status_t ares_qcache_fetch(ares_channel_t           *channel,
-                                const struct timeval     *now,
+                                const ares_timeval_t     *now,
                                 const ares_dns_record_t  *dnsrec,
                                 const ares_dns_record_t **dnsrec_resp)
 {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ ares_status_t ares_qcache_fetch(ares_channel_t           *channel,
   }
 
   ares_dns_record_write_ttl_decrement(
-    entry->dnsrec, (unsigned int)(now->tv_sec - entry->insert_ts));
+    entry->dnsrec, (unsigned int)(now->sec - entry->insert_ts));
 
   *dnsrec_resp = entry->dnsrec;
 
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ done:
 }
 
 ares_status_t ares_qcache_insert(ares_channel_t       *channel,
-                                 const struct timeval *now,
+                                 const ares_timeval_t *now,
                                  const struct query   *query,
                                  ares_dns_record_t    *dnsrec)
 {

src/lib/ares_rand.c

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void ares_rc4_generate_key(ares_rand_rc4 *rc4_state, unsigned char *key,
   size_t         i;
   size_t         len = 0;
   unsigned int   data;
-  struct timeval tv;
+  ares_timeval_t tv;
 
   if (key_len != ARES_RC4_KEY_LEN) {
     return;
@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ static void ares_rc4_generate_key(ares_rand_rc4 *rc4_state, unsigned char *key,
   len += sizeof(data);
 
   tv   = ares__tvnow();
-  data = (unsigned int)((tv.tv_sec | tv.tv_usec) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+  data = (unsigned int)((tv.sec | tv.usec) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
   memcpy(key + len, &data, sizeof(data));
   len += sizeof(data);
 
   srand(ares_u32_from_ptr(rc4_state) | ares_u32_from_ptr(&i) |
-        (unsigned int)((tv.tv_sec | tv.tv_usec) & 0xFFFFFFFF));
+        (unsigned int)((tv.sec | tv.usec) & 0xFFFFFFFF));
 
   for (i = len; i < key_len; i++) {
     key[i] = (unsigned char)(rand() % 256); /* LCOV_EXCL_LINE */

src/lib/ares_send.c

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static ares_status_t ares_send_dnsrec_int(ares_channel_t          *channel,
 {
   struct query            *query;
   size_t                   packetsz;
-  struct timeval           now = ares__tvnow();
+  ares_timeval_t           now = ares__tvnow();
   ares_status_t            status;
   unsigned short           id          = generate_unique_qid(channel);
   const ares_dns_record_t *dnsrec_resp = NULL;
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ static ares_status_t ares_send_dnsrec_int(ares_channel_t          *channel,
     return status;
   }
 
-  query->qid             = id;
-  query->timeout.tv_sec  = 0;
-  query->timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+  query->qid          = id;
+  query->timeout.sec  = 0;
+  query->timeout.usec = 0;
 
   /* Ignore first 2 bytes, assign our own query id */
   query->qbuf[0] = (unsigned char)((id >> 8) & 0xFF);

src/lib/ares_timeout.c

@@ -34,62 +34,89 @@
 #include "ares.h"
 #include "ares_private.h"
 
-void ares__timeval_remaining(struct timeval       *remaining,
-                             const struct timeval *now,
-                             const struct timeval *tout)
+void ares__timeval_remaining(ares_timeval_t       *remaining,
+                             const ares_timeval_t *now,
+                             const ares_timeval_t *tout)
 {
   memset(remaining, 0, sizeof(*remaining));
 
   /* Expired! */
-  if (tout->tv_sec < now->tv_sec ||
-      (tout->tv_sec == now->tv_sec && tout->tv_usec < now->tv_usec)) {
+  if (tout->sec < now->sec ||
+      (tout->sec == now->sec && tout->usec < now->usec)) {
     return;
   }
 
-  remaining->tv_sec = tout->tv_sec - now->tv_sec;
-  if (tout->tv_usec < now->tv_usec) {
-    remaining->tv_sec  -= 1;
-    remaining->tv_usec  = (tout->tv_usec + 1000000) - now->tv_usec;
+  remaining->sec = tout->sec - now->sec;
+  if (tout->usec < now->usec) {
+    remaining->sec  -= 1;
+    remaining->usec  = (tout->usec + 1000000) - now->usec;
   } else {
-    remaining->tv_usec = tout->tv_usec - now->tv_usec;
+    remaining->usec = tout->usec - now->usec;
   }
 }
 
+static struct timeval ares_timeval_to_struct_timeval(const ares_timeval_t *atv)
+{
+  struct timeval tv;
+
+  tv.tv_sec  = (time_t)atv->sec;
+  tv.tv_usec = (int)atv->usec;
+
+  return tv;
+}
+
+
+static ares_timeval_t struct_timeval_to_ares_timeval(const struct timeval *tv)
+{
+  ares_timeval_t atv;
+
+  atv.sec  = (ares_int64_t)tv->tv_sec;
+  atv.usec = (unsigned int)tv->tv_usec;
+
+  return atv;
+}
+
 struct timeval *ares_timeout(const ares_channel_t *channel,
                              struct timeval *maxtv, struct timeval *tvbuf)
 {
   const struct query *query;
   ares__slist_node_t *node;
-  struct timeval      now;
+  ares_timeval_t      now;
+  ares_timeval_t      atvbuf;
+  ares_timeval_t      amaxtv;
 
   /* The minimum timeout of all queries is always the first entry in
    * channel->queries_by_timeout */
   node = ares__slist_node_first(channel->queries_by_timeout);
   /* no queries/timeout */
   if (node == NULL) {
-    return maxtv; /* <-- maxtv can be null though, hrm */
+    return maxtv;
   }
 
   query = ares__slist_node_val(node);
 
   now = ares__tvnow();
 
-  ares__timeval_remaining(tvbuf, &now, &query->timeout);
+  ares__timeval_remaining(&atvbuf, &now, &query->timeout);
+
+  *tvbuf = ares_timeval_to_struct_timeval(&atvbuf);
 
   if (maxtv == NULL) {
     return tvbuf;
   }
 
   /* Return the minimum time between maxtv and tvbuf */
+  amaxtv = struct_timeval_to_ares_timeval(maxtv);
 
-  if (tvbuf->tv_sec > maxtv->tv_sec) {
+  if (atvbuf.sec > amaxtv.sec) {
     return maxtv;
   }
-  if (tvbuf->tv_sec < maxtv->tv_sec) {
+
+  if (atvbuf.sec < amaxtv.sec) {
     return tvbuf;
   }
 
-  if (tvbuf->tv_usec > maxtv->tv_usec) {
+  if (atvbuf.usec > amaxtv.usec) {
     return maxtv;
   }
 

src/lib/ares_update_servers.c

@@ -593,8 +593,8 @@ static ares_status_t ares__server_create(ares_channel_t       *channel,
   server->udp_port    = ares__sconfig_get_port(channel, sconfig, ARES_FALSE);
   server->tcp_port    = ares__sconfig_get_port(channel, sconfig, ARES_TRUE);
   server->addr.family = sconfig->addr.family;
-  server->next_retry_time.tv_sec  = 0;
-  server->next_retry_time.tv_usec = 0;
+  server->next_retry_time.sec  = 0;
+  server->next_retry_time.usec = 0;
 
   if (sconfig->addr.family == AF_INET) {
     memcpy(&server->addr.addr.addr4, &sconfig->addr.addr.addr4,

test/ares-test.cc

@@ -257,13 +257,13 @@ void ProcessWork(ares_channel_t *channel,
   fd_set readers, writers;
 
 #ifndef CARES_SYMBOL_HIDING
-  struct timeval tv_begin  = ares__tvnow();
-  struct timeval tv_cancel = tv_begin;
+  ares_timeval_t tv_begin  = ares__tvnow();
+  ares_timeval_t tv_cancel = tv_begin;
 
   if (cancel_ms) {
     if (verbose) std::cerr << "ares_cancel will be called after " << cancel_ms << "ms" << std::endl;
-    tv_cancel.tv_sec  += (cancel_ms / 1000);
-    tv_cancel.tv_usec += ((cancel_ms % 1000) * 1000);
+    tv_cancel.sec  += (cancel_ms / 1000);
+    tv_cancel.usec += ((cancel_ms % 1000) * 1000);
   }
 #else
   if (cancel_ms) {
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ void ProcessWork(ares_channel_t *channel,
 
   while (true) {
 #ifndef CARES_SYMBOL_HIDING
-    struct timeval  tv_now = ares__tvnow();
-    struct timeval  tv_remaining;
+    ares_timeval_t  tv_now = ares__tvnow();
+    ares_timeval_t  atv_remaining;
 #endif
     struct timeval  tv;
     struct timeval *tv_select;
@@ -305,15 +305,21 @@ void ProcessWork(ares_channel_t *channel,
 #ifndef CARES_SYMBOL_HIDING
     if (cancel_ms) {
       unsigned int remaining_ms;
-      ares__timeval_remaining(&tv_remaining,
+      ares__timeval_remaining(&atv_remaining,
                               &tv_now,
                               &tv_cancel);
-      remaining_ms = (unsigned int)((tv_remaining.tv_sec * 1000) + (tv_remaining.tv_usec / 1000));
+
+      remaining_ms = (unsigned int)((atv_remaining.sec * 1000) + (atv_remaining.usec / 1000));
       if (remaining_ms == 0) {
         if (verbose) std::cerr << "Issuing ares_cancel()" << std::endl;
         ares_cancel(channel);
         cancel_ms = 0; /* Disable issuing cancel again */
       } else {
+        struct timeval tv_remaining;
+
+        tv_remaining.tv_sec = atv_remaining.sec;
+        tv_remaining.tv_usec = (int)atv_remaining.usec;
+
         /* Recalculate proper timeout since we also have a cancel to wait on */
         tv_select = ares_timeout(channel, &tv_remaining, &tv);
       }
@@ -831,8 +837,8 @@ void MockEventThreadOptsTest::ProcessThread() {
 
 #ifndef CARES_SYMBOL_HIDING
   bool has_cancel_ms = false;
-  struct timeval tv_begin;
-  struct timeval tv_cancel;
+  ares_timeval_t tv_begin;
+  ares_timeval_t tv_cancel;
 #endif
 
   mutex.lock();
@@ -841,14 +847,14 @@ void MockEventThreadOptsTest::ProcessThread() {
     int nfds = 0;
     fd_set readers;
 #ifndef CARES_SYMBOL_HIDING
-    struct timeval  tv_now = ares__tvnow();
-    struct timeval  tv_remaining;
+    ares_timeval_t tv_now = ares__tvnow();
+    ares_timeval_t atv_remaining;
     if (cancel_ms_ && !has_cancel_ms) {
       tv_begin  = ares__tvnow();
       tv_cancel = tv_begin;
       if (verbose) std::cerr << "ares_cancel will be called after " << cancel_ms_ << "ms" << std::endl;
-      tv_cancel.tv_sec  += (cancel_ms_ / 1000);
-      tv_cancel.tv_usec += ((cancel_ms_ % 1000) * 1000);
+      tv_cancel.sec  += (cancel_ms_ / 1000);
+      tv_cancel.usec += ((cancel_ms_ % 1000) * 1000);
       has_cancel_ms = true;
     }
 #else
@@ -873,10 +879,10 @@ void MockEventThreadOptsTest::ProcessThread() {
 #ifndef CARES_SYMBOL_HIDING
     if (has_cancel_ms) {
       unsigned int remaining_ms;
-      ares__timeval_remaining(&tv_remaining,
+      ares__timeval_remaining(&atv_remaining,
                               &tv_now,
                               &tv_cancel);
-      remaining_ms = (unsigned int)((tv_remaining.tv_sec * 1000) + (tv_remaining.tv_usec / 1000));
+      remaining_ms = (unsigned int)((atv_remaining.sec * 1000) + (atv_remaining.usec / 1000));
       if (remaining_ms == 0) {
         if (verbose) std::cerr << "Issuing ares_cancel()" << std::endl;
         ares_cancel(channel_);