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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:54:17 +0200
From: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>
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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 7/7] arch/x86: Comment out efi_set_rtc_mmss()
On 06/16/2014 01:43 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2014, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>> efi_set_rtc_mmss() is never used to set RTC due to bugs found
>> on many EFI platforms. It is set directly by mach_set_rtc_mmss().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 6 ++++++
>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
>> index deb4f05..bd3e080 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
>> @@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ static efi_status_t __init phys_efi_set_virtual_address_map(
>> return status;
>> }
>>
>> +#if 0
>> +/*
>> + * efi_set_rtc_mmss() is never used to set RTC due to bugs found
>> + * on many EFI platforms. It is set directly by mach_set_rtc_mmss().
>> + */
>> int efi_set_rtc_mmss(const struct timespec *now)
>> {
>> unsigned long nowtime = now->tv_sec;
>> @@ -279,6 +284,7 @@ int efi_set_rtc_mmss(const struct timespec *now)
>> }
>> return 0;
>> }
>> +#endif
>
> "Commenting out" code like that is not a good idea: it leaves
> dead-rotting functions in the middle of your source file.
>
> If the function is not used, just go ahead and remove it. We can use git
> to get it back.
And shouldn't it be removed from include/linux/efi.h as well?
Juergen
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