linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 000/100] rtc: remove cargo culted code

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Message-ID: <20180222160220.GL31244@piout.net>
Date:   Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:02:20 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 000/100] rtc: remove cargo culted code

On 22/02/2018 at 07:48:03 -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 09:54:55PM +0100, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > This series:
> >  - removes useless calls to rtc_valid_tm in .read_time, .set_time and
> >    .set_alarm
> >  - removes code setting default values for RTCs (and lets the core
> >    handle it)
> >  - removes useless "time is invalid" messages at probe time
> >  - removes useless indirect calls
> 
> Seems like this could be just one patch for each of the issues..

I'll probably squash the simpler ones before sending to Linus.

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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com