From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BE25CA9EB7 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:29:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09FCA21872 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:29:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2392220AbfJWO27 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:28:59 -0400 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.135]:38191 "EHLO mout.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2389521AbfJWO27 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:28:59 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-f176.google.com ([209.85.222.176]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue009 [212.227.15.129]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MxmBi-1i5ENr47vK-00zICK; Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:28:58 +0200 Received: by mail-qk1-f176.google.com with SMTP id u22so19897705qkk.11; Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:28:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUpebkaTULw/A7WTcaFgoAZ369yJFKgyFCJMXiAR8nznL2z2oj3 AkWoDtS1hSVU4qoBZnw+PQaVaSPL4diTKGaETb8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzP2LPP0EVOvQLFv73W1u8YOBkdDSztlR+gJoeDvIZmUcdwNseA92hgtQnhiy+B/pAU/u5EvOBy39PrXQdnbVo= X-Received: by 2002:a37:a50f:: with SMTP id o15mr7389101qke.3.1571840936788; Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:28:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20191009190853.245077-1-arnd@arndb.de> <20191009191044.308087-10-arnd@arndb.de> <20191022043051.GA20354@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20191023102937.GK3125@piout.net> In-Reply-To: <20191023102937.GK3125@piout.net> From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:28:40 +0200 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v6 10/43] compat_ioctl: move rtc handling into rtc-dev.c To: Alexandre Belloni Cc: Al Viro , Ben Hutchings , y2038 Mailman List , Linux FS-devel Mailing List , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:j3q3khfz/zd9/Zc1ZRm1iLAWqMfYAPWxVT1x0kkvwFdE5ei6Jfw aJaarYdEiqkKpe1TTRe3WHqtllQb2u/IXAeiqBEwzO+XBA5eEL3jOxpmfeH0Kws0yNCb/nj RMkCrNectmQR7z1T/y06NmYB4kVLFTZ7VcZlX3kZOI/zzieqlwv4K56qnW0VIxqllaNtChp pBdpaKA4mxA5S7la7CzIw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:PiV8fkotnMs=:Wfp8ZqLnz6P85zFhCBlG+x qHpx6LvC4+hC+v3wqoQg+oz1+iqg2+dQlEB/xh+gPv1kVd21UbwPxCiTc/PxG2K0lcCfJJp52 2xIGeZW/7PAnfj24Sf1WJ9zIuSMVckpWfiVvELHPi0NVkvRTU1LBVxhxmyU+azoJv85Xdzt29 Tq6THYNdrmpkY9V9Bwsr6AOD7SblYjfR+BjLqNVNIieNMb0VowQcNKhfsGPkyjnMvl1gkOV08 bacWjmCXH7KkzCSRea/Z/ANG7PRqup8oCipTC8A04YKOzpxVYxWYs0dHMxGTfh3KwgxQ7ZXlh Rv7lTvcrm5LPGOen8olDOLxUviSHMUt/wfecVy+0MFi7xvv0P0na3dpzt0+E1YmzKonL+hTRd oUUJIG3g2bRHKN34Lm2ggWYoeBUXpjuq4xvO6gqW81g02vMpY2l1TptxszXnasUKKE0VQORvK B99m0+iEZb9gCXwtWhQKAnuGSxAVJ0Y53SpNN9a9tOR50lEsYeMoy5ONDcpE+cCmF8KEg9qc7 IrLYGY2GloyYgpR7u7ilwmTomAQpCxFd4GsvHcENdwgGNGdxJg/ZUUTMNhl+cHDiWEtPPRhz/ PzdyIV/n3GCpurysTvwE1GCRENF1h6wJoLyb9oil5WjCQChurfyDE/5lNMzzcrNYzZz5l6zsM 9jQOHVI0udONF8/rDyz8vgmr89pdVd/LSdIQf0eyc39HVjbIOYnX5AuLSQo1lu82YNdckDM+6 Gs1EhWwKiJBtgXL/+89+Yis5J/sEZcrgkFtOSR7nDT9+13zcGuD9+yawnyOLr3M/8M7EjdaOu 5wypEExuQJR9wQ/ymNmk0ehMIRb8T4KD9gtafFkoa6f1OW9xDUq+RvJJGPfKcObnp+nZb8T7+ 0i04fbpzDneLGNvBheuw== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 12:29 PM Alexandre Belloni wrote: > On 22/10/2019 14:14:21+0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 6:30 AM Al Viro wrote: > > > > I don't see any chance that this code is revived. If anyone wanted to > > make it work, the right approach would be to use the rtc framework > > and rewrite the code first. > > > > I could send a patch to remove the dead code though if that helps. > > > > Please do. Ok, done. Speaking of removing rtc drivers, should we just kill off drivers/char/rtc.c and drivers/char/efirtc.c as well? I don't remember why we left them in the tree, but I'm fairly sure they are not actually needed. Arnd