[rtc-linux] Re: [PATCH] rtc: pcf8563 fix: return -EINVAL if we read an invalid time.

[Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com>]

Hi,

On 25/05/2015 at 11:51:14 +0200, Jan Kardell wrote :
> @@ -202,8 +202,9 @@ static int pcf8563_get_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)
>  
>  	if (buf[PCF8563_REG_SC] & PCF8563_SC_LV) {
>  		pcf8563->voltage_low = 1;
> -		dev_info(&client->dev,
> +		dev_err(&client->dev,
>  			"low voltage detected, date/time is not reliable.\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
>  	dev_dbg(&client->dev,
> @@ -234,11 +235,11 @@ static int pcf8563_get_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)
>  		tm->tm_sec, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_hour,
>  		tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_year, tm->tm_wday);
>  
> -	/* the clock can give out invalid datetime, but we cannot return
> -	 * -EINVAL otherwise hwclock will refuse to set the time on bootup.
> -	 */
> -	if (rtc_valid_tm(tm) < 0)
> +	err = rtc_valid_tm(tm);
> +	if (err < 0) {
>  		dev_err(&client->dev, "retrieved date/time is not valid.\n");
> +		return err;
> +	}

I would avoid dev_err and directly return rtc_valid_tm(tm) or you could
also return 0 and let the core do the rtc_valid_tm() check.

>  
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -- 
> 1.8.4.5
> 

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Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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