linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] rtc: mc146818: Dont test for bit 0-5 in Register D

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Message-ID: <20210201193846.GD1196852@piout.net>
Date:   Mon, 1 Feb 2021 20:38:46 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Serge Belyshev <belyshev@...ni.sinp.msu.ru>,
        Dirk Gouders <dirk@...ders.net>,
        Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@...hat.com>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] rtc: mc146818: Dont test for bit 0-5 in Register D

On 01/02/2021 20:24:17+0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The recent change to validate the RTC turned out to be overly tight.
> 
> While it cures the problem on the reporters machine it breaks machines
> with Intel chipsets which use bit 0-5 of the D register. So check only
> for bit 6 being 0 which is the case on these Intel machines as well.
> 
> Fixes: 211e5db19d15 ("rtc: mc146818: Detect and handle broken RTCs")
> Reported-by: Serge Belyshev <belyshev@...ni.sinp.msu.ru>
> Reported-by: Dirk Gouders <dirk@...ders.net>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>

I'm still fine with that going through your tree.

Thanks for this work I do hope this will be the last issue...

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com