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=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 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 EEC52CA9EB6 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:34:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C92042173B for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:34:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2392240AbfJWOek (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:34:40 -0400 Received: from relay9-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.199]:54531 "EHLO relay9-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732328AbfJWOek (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:34:40 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 92.137.17.54 Received: from localhost (alyon-657-1-975-54.w92-137.abo.wanadoo.fr [92.137.17.54]) (Authenticated sender: alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com) by relay9-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A562DFF815; Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:34:37 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:34:36 +0200 From: Alexandre Belloni To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Al Viro , Ben Hutchings , y2038 Mailman List , Linux FS-devel Mailing List , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [Y2038] [PATCH v6 10/43] compat_ioctl: move rtc handling into rtc-dev.c Message-ID: <20191023143436.GN3125@piout.net> References: <20191009190853.245077-1-arnd@arndb.de> <20191009191044.308087-10-arnd@arndb.de> <20191022043051.GA20354@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20191023102937.GK3125@piout.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 23/10/2019 16:28:40+0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > 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. > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK8P3a0QZNY+K+V1HG056xCerz=_L2jh5UfZ+2LWkDqkw5Zznw@mail.gmail.com/ That's how we left it ;) -- Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com