--- /dev/null
+// commit 5f95f965e933c5b155db75520ac27c92ddbcf400 2014-03-18
+// syscall should not sign extend pointers on x32
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include "test.h"
+
+#define T(f) ((f) && (t_error(#f " failed: %s\n", strerror(errno)), 0))
+
+static unsigned long long tsdiff(struct timespec ts2, struct timespec ts)
+{
+ if (ts2.tv_nsec < ts.tv_nsec) {
+ ts2.tv_nsec += 1000000000;
+ ts2.tv_sec--;
+ }
+ if (ts2.tv_sec < ts.tv_sec)
+ return -1;
+ return (ts2.tv_sec - ts.tv_sec)*1000000000ULL + (ts2.tv_nsec - ts.tv_nsec);
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ struct timespec ts, ts2;
+ unsigned long long diff;
+
+ // test syscall with pointer
+ T(syscall(SYS_clock_gettime, CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts));
+
+ // check if timespec is filled correctly
+ T(clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts2));
+ diff = tsdiff(ts2, ts);
+ if (diff > 10 * 1000000000ULL)
+ t_error("large diff between clock_gettime calls: %llu ns\n", diff);
+
+ return t_status;
+}