The code checks the correctness of the parameters, but unconditionally arms/disarms the hrtimer. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: stable@kernel.org --- drivers/rtc/interface.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/rtc/interface.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/rtc/interface.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/rtc/interface.c @@ -656,6 +656,8 @@ int rtc_irq_set_state(struct rtc_device err = -EBUSY; if (rtc->irq_task != task) err = -EACCES; + if (err) + goto out; if (enabled) { ktime_t period = ktime_set(0, NSEC_PER_SEC/rtc->irq_freq); @@ -664,6 +666,7 @@ int rtc_irq_set_state(struct rtc_device hrtimer_cancel(&rtc->pie_timer); } rtc->pie_enabled = enabled; +out: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc->irq_task_lock, flags); return err; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/