linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RTC: Fix infinite loop in initializing the alarm.

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Date:	Tue, 8 Apr 2014 16:43:02 +0200
From:	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
To:	Ales Novak <alnovak@...e.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RTC: Fix infinite loop in initializing the alarm.

On Tue,  8 Apr 2014 00:54:42 +0200
Ales Novak <alnovak@...e.cz> wrote:

> In __rtc_read_alarm(), if the alarm time retrieved by
> rtc_read_alarm_internal() from the device contains invalid values
> (e.g. month=2,mday=31) and the year not set (=-1), the initialization
> will loop infinitely because the year-fixing loop expects the
> time being invalid due to leap year.
> 
> Fix reduces the loop to the leap years and adds final validity check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ales Novak <alnovak@...e.cz>

 Seems reasonable.

 Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>

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 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it

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