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    time: add function to convert between calendar time and broken-down time for universal use · 57f1f087
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    There are many similar code in kernel for one object: convert time between
    calendar time and broken-down time.
    
    Here is some source I found:
      fs/ncpfs/dir.c
      fs/smbfs/proc.c
      fs/fat/misc.c
      fs/udf/udftime.c
      fs/cifs/netmisc.c
      net/netfilter/xt_time.c
      drivers/scsi/ips.c
      drivers/input/misc/hp_sdc_rtc.c
      drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c
      arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/fw-emu.c
      arch/m68k/mac/misc.c
      arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
      arch/parisc/include/asm/rtc.h
      ...
    
    We can make a common function for this type of conversion, At least we
    can get following benefit:
    
    1: Make kernel simple and unify
    2: Easy to fix bug in converting code
    3: Reduce clone of code in future
       For example, I'm trying to make ftrace display walltime,
       this patch will make me easy.
    
    This code is based on code from glibc-2.6
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarZhao Lei <zhaolei@cn.fujitsu.com>
    Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
    Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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