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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>,
	stable@kernel.org
Subject: [patch 3/3] rtc: Limit frequency
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:12:51 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110722091045.537404938@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20110722091011.717194327@linutronix.de

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The RTC hrtimer is self rearming. We really need to limit the
frequency to something sensible.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
---
 drivers/rtc/interface.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/rtc/interface.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ int rtc_irq_set_freq(struct rtc_device *
 	int err = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (freq <= 0)
+	if (freq <= 0 || freq > 5000)
 		return -EINVAL;
 retry:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc->irq_task_lock, flags);



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-07-22  9:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-22  9:12 [patch 0/3] rtc: Assorted bug fixes Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22  9:12 ` [patch 1/3] rtc: Handle errors correctly in rtc_irq_set_state() Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22 22:04   ` Andrew Morton
2011-07-23  7:15     ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22  9:12 ` [patch 2/3] rtc: Fix hrtimer deadlock Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22 22:11   ` Andrew Morton
2011-07-23  7:22     ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-07-22  9:12 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2011-07-22 22:05   ` [patch 3/3] rtc: Limit frequency Andrew Morton
2011-07-22 22:39     ` [stable] " Willy Tarreau
2011-08-05  3:39       ` Joshua Kinard
2011-08-05  9:04         ` John Stultz
2011-08-06  7:28           ` Joshua Kinard
2011-07-23  7:17     ` Thomas Gleixner

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