linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rtc: cmos: zero-init wkalrm when reading from CMOS

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Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:10:48 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Victor Ding <victording@...gle.com>
Cc:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rtc: cmos: zero-init wkalrm when reading from CMOS

On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 19:17:30 +1000, Victor Ding wrote:
> cmos_read_alarm() may leave certain fields of a struct rtc_wkalrm
> untouched; therefore, these fields contain garbage if not properly
> initialized, leading to inconsistent values when converting into
> time64_t. This patch to zero initialize the struct before calling
> cmos_read_alarm().
> 
> Note that this patch is not intended to produce a correct time64_t, it
> is only to produce a consistent value. In the case of suspend/resume, a
> correct time64_t is not necessary; a consistent value is sufficient to
> correctly perform an equality test for t_current_expires and
> t_saved_expires. Logic to deduce a correct time64_t is expensive and
> hence should be avoided.

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] rtc: cmos: zero-init wkalrm when reading from CMOS
      commit: c254bcd7231a3eeafc453f6ee3a483a2e7ff486e

Best regards,
-- 
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>