Re: [PATCH] x86: fix unused efi_get_time function

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Thu Jun 23 2016 - 09:32:17 EST


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@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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!