linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: m41t80: Correct alarm month range with RTC reads

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Date:   Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:47:22 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: m41t80: Correct alarm month range with RTC reads

On 07/11/2018 02:39:13+0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> Add the missing adjustment of the month range on alarm reads from the 
> RTC, correcting an issue coming from commit 9c6dfed92c3e ("rtc: m41t80: 
> add alarm functionality").  The range is 1-12 for hardware and 0-11 for 
> `struct rtc_time', and is already correctly handled on alarm writes to 
> the RTC.
> 
> It was correct up until commit 48e9766726eb ("drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c: 
> remove disabled alarm functionality") too, which removed the previous 
> implementation of alarm support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@...ux-mips.org>
> Fixes: 9c6dfed92c3e ("rtc: m41t80: add alarm functionality")
> References: 48e9766726eb ("drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c: remove disabled alarm functionality")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 4.7+
> ---
> Hi,
> 
>  I have no means to verify this change at run time as my M41T81 device, 
> which is the reason for me to use this driver, regrettably hasn't got its 
> IRQ line routed, due to historical reasons I gathered, as it replaced a 
> different RTC device, that didn't have an IRQ output at all, used with 
> earlier revisions of the Broadcom SiByte SWARM board I have been using 
> this code with.  However it should be obvious by code inspection.
> 
>  Please apply and backport as appropriate.
> 
>   Maciej
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-m41t80.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Applied (and tested), thanks.

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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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