linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: rtc-cmos: Fix wake alarm breakage

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Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:10:35 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Todd Brandt <todd.e.brandt@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: rtc-cmos: Fix wake alarm breakage

On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 06:09:31PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> Commit 4919d3eb2ec0 ("rtc: cmos: Fix event handler registration
> ordering issue") overlooked the fact that cmos_do_probe() depended
> on the preparations carried out by cmos_wake_setup() and the wake
> alarm stopped working after the ordering of them had been changed.
> 
> Address this by partially reverting commit 4919d3eb2ec0 so that
> cmos_wake_setup() is called before cmos_do_probe() again and moving
> the rtc_wake_setup() invocation from cmos_wake_setup() directly to the
> callers of cmos_do_probe() where it will happen after a successful
> completion of the latter.
> 
> Fixes: 4919d3eb2ec0 ("rtc: cmos: Fix event handler registration ordering issue")
> Reported-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
> Reported-by: Todd Brandt <todd.e.brandt@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

Boot test that previously hit NULL pointer exceptions also completed successfully.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs