linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RTC: DaVinci RTC driver

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Date:	Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:20:24 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com>
Cc:	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
	Miguel Aguilar <miguel.aguilar@...gerun.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <p_gortmaker@...oo.com>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RTC: DaVinci RTC driver

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:08:33 -0800
Kevin Hilman <khilman@...prootsystems.com> wrote:

> +static int convertfromdays(u16 days, struct rtc_time *tm)
> +{
> +	int tmp_days, year, mon;
> +
> +	for (year = 2000;; year++) {
> +		tmp_days = rtc_year_days(1, 12, year);
> +		if (days >= tmp_days)
> +			days -= tmp_days;
> +		else {
> +			for (mon = 0;; mon++) {
> +				tmp_days = rtc_month_days(mon, year);
> +				if (days >= tmp_days) {
> +					days -= tmp_days;
> +				} else {
> +					tm->tm_year = year - 1900;
> +					tm->tm_mon = mon;
> +					tm->tm_mday = days + 1;
> +					break;
> +				}
> +			}
> +			break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int convert2days(u16 *days, struct rtc_time *tm)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +	*days = 0;
> +
> +	/* epoch == 1900 */
> +	if (tm->tm_year < 100 || tm->tm_year > 199)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	for (i = 2000; i < 1900 + tm->tm_year; i++)
> +		*days += rtc_year_days(1, 12, i);
> +
> +	*days += rtc_year_days(tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_mon, 1900 + tm->tm_year);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

I'm looking suspiciously at these (slow-looking) functions.  Are they
really specific to this device, or could we be making better use of
library code, or adding functionality to library code?

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