linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] rtc-cmos: Reject unsupported alarm values

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Message-ID: <20161019074118.zyqgfa672wkvl7dm@piout.net>
Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2016 09:41:18 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>
Cc:     a.zummo@...ertech.it, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] rtc-cmos: Reject unsupported alarm values

Hi,

On 04/10/2016 at 00:50:28 +0200, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote :
> Some platforms allows to specify the month and day of the month in
> which an alarm should go off, some others the day of the month and
> some others just the time.
> 
> Currently any given value is accepted by the driver and only the
> supported fields are used to program the hardware. As consequence,
> alarms are potentially programmed to go off in the wrong moment.
> 
> Fix this by rejecting any unsupported value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gabriele Mazzotta <gabriele.mzt@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 72 insertions(+)
> 

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com