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[005/100] rtc: stk17ta8: let the core handle invalid time

Message ID 20180221205635.31314-6-alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com
State Accepted
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Series rtc: remove cargo culted code | expand

Commit Message

Alexandre Belloni Feb. 21, 2018, 8:55 p.m. UTC 
Returning a valid time when the time is invalid is a bad practice, because
then userspace is not able to react on the information. Also, it doesn't
make sense to return epoch because it is already the default time.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
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 drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
index b670e44306a8..c66ec6ae233c 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@  static int stk17ta8_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
 	/* year is 1900 + tm->tm_year */
 	tm->tm_year = bcd2bin(year) + bcd2bin(century) * 100 - 1900;
 
-	if (rtc_valid_tm(tm) < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "retrieved date/time is not valid.\n");
-		rtc_time_to_tm(0, tm);
-	}
 	return 0;
 }