linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] drm: i915: remove timeval users

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jan 2018 20:42:49 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
Cc:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>, Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>, Michal Wajdeczko <michal.wajdeczko@...el.com>, Mahesh Kumar <mahesh1.kumar@...el.com>, Lionel Landwerlin <lionel.g.landwerlin@...el.com>, Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala@...ux.intel.com>, Michel Thierry <michel.thierry@...el.com>, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, 
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] drm: i915: remove timeval users

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> Quoting Arnd Bergmann (2018-01-17 15:48:53)
>> struct timeval is deprecated because it cannot represent times
>> past 2038. In this driver, the only use of this structure is
>> to capture debug information. This is easily changed to ktime_t,
>> which we then format as needed when printing it later.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>> ---
>> Sent in November 2017, got the review from Chis, but the patch
>> so far hasn't been merged. Resending it unchanged, please apply
>> for 4.16 or 4.17.
>
> Looks like it falls to me to push it as well. That means it will be 4.17
> unless expedited by request...

4.17 is fine with me, it's only a cleanup and while I want to do all of
these in the end, I don't care which release they land in as long
as I don't have to carry the patches myself.

       Arnd