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Subject[PATCH 005/100] rtc: stk17ta8: let the core handle invalid time
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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>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

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;
}

--
2.16.1
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