Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] drm: i915: remove timeval users

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Jan 17 2018 - 14:42:57 EST


On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 7:02 PM, Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Quoting Arnd Bergmann (2018-01-17 15:48:53)
>> struct timeval is deprecated because it cannot represent times
>> past 2038. In this driver, the only use of this structure is
>> to capture debug information. This is easily changed to ktime_t,
>> which we then format as needed when printing it later.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Sent in November 2017, got the review from Chis, but the patch
>> so far hasn't been merged. Resending it unchanged, please apply
>> for 4.16 or 4.17.
>
> Looks like it falls to me to push it as well. That means it will be 4.17
> unless expedited by request...

4.17 is fine with me, it's only a cleanup and while I want to do all of
these in the end, I don't care which release they land in as long
as I don't have to carry the patches myself.

Arnd