Re: [PATCH] x86: fix unused efi_get_time function

From	Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] x86: fix unused efi_get_time function
Date	2016-06-23 15:40 +0200
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On Fri, 17 Jun, at 04:51:29PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Nothing calls the efi_get_time function on x86, but it does suffer
> from the 32-bit time_t overflow in 2038.
> 
> To avoid that if anyone starts calling it, this changes the function
> to use timespec64 and mktime64 instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> The obvious alternative would be to remove the function, I'll send
> that patch as well, so you can pick one or the other.
> 
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 6 +++---
>  include/linux/efi.h         | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 
Looks good, thanks Arnd!

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[PATCH] x86: fix unused efi_get_time function Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-06-17 17:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] x86: fix unused efi_get_time function Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-06-23 15:40 +0200

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