linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MIPS: sni: Remove the read_persistent

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Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:26:09 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
Cc:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        "open list:RALINK MIPS ARCHITECTURE" <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: sni: Remove the read_persistent_clock()

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:21 AM, Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org> wrote:
> The dummy read_persistent_clock() uses a timespec, which is not year 2038
> safe on 32bit systems. Thus remove this obsolete interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>

Looks good to me. I have a larger but incomplete patch for arch/mips
handling of  read_persistent_clock(), but yours is a good start.

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>