It's used in several places and more users may come.
By using this helper they may create a slightly cleaner code.
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/dmi.h | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/dmi.h b/include/linux/dmi.h
index 46e151172d95..241c27008c70 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmi.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmi.h
@@ -147,4 +147,11 @@ static inline const struct dmi_system_id *
#endif
+static inline int dmi_get_bios_year(void)
+{
+ int year;
+ dmi_get_date(DMI_BIOS_DATE, &year, NULL, NULL);
+ return year;
+}
+
#endif /* __DMI_H__ */
--
2.16.1
