linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] rtc: alarmtimer: Use maximum alarm time offset

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Message-ID: <202310300100434b7ed65b@mail.local>
Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2023 02:00:43 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] rtc: alarmtimer: Use maximum alarm time offset

On 30/10/2023 01:44:55+0100, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:22:36 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > Some userspace applications use timerfd_create() to request wakeups after
> > a long period of time. For example, a backup application may request a
> > wakeup once per week. This is perfectly fine as long as the system does
> > not try to suspend. However, if the system tries to suspend and the
> > system's RTC does not support the required alarm timeout, the suspend
> > operation will fail with an error such as
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Applied, thanks!
> 
> [1/2] rtc: Add API function to return alarm time bound by rtc limit
>       commit: b0790dc7419f334574fc5416690913ab4c9e9ba5
> [2/2] rtc: alarmtimer: Use maximum alarm time offset
>       commit: f628128dfe77f6e475507798b0f7ed25831ae893
> 

Actually, this is already in tip but I didn't get the notification.


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