linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] timekeeping: remove arch

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Date:   Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:53:29 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] timekeeping: remove arch_gettimeoffset

On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 5:46 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> With Arm EBSA110 gone, nothing uses it any more, so the corresponding
> code and the Kconfig option can be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Very nice cleanup.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

At some point we should do a retrospect about how hard it really is for
us to get rid of some really annoying core legacy codepaths and the best
strategy for doing so, even though this took 11+ years as Thomas
says it still looks like a solid path to move over to a generic framework,
only it requires enough gritty people (like you) to hang around and do the
work piece by piece.

Yours,
Linus Walleij