rtc: pcf8563: remove RTC_VL_CLR handling
authorAlexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Sat, 14 Dec 2019 22:02:48 +0000 (23:02 +0100)
committerAlexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:37:27 +0000 (10:37 +0100)
Remove RTC_VL_CLR handling because it is a disservice to userspace as it
removes the important information that the RTC data is invalid. This may
lead userspace to set an invalid system time later on.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191214220259.621996-7-alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8563.c

index 3c322f3079b0c5ddefe346c28e7b0c68ea7e11f3..c701eef823494338edf44be5f3351c4502eea7cf 100644 (file)
@@ -291,21 +291,6 @@ static int pcf8563_rtc_ioctl(struct device *dev, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long
                                        sizeof(int)))
                        return -EFAULT;
                return 0;
-       case RTC_VL_CLR:
-               /*
-                * Clear the VL bit in the seconds register in case
-                * the time has not been set already (which would
-                * have cleared it). This does not really matter
-                * because of the cached voltage_low value but do it
-                * anyway for consistency.
-                */
-               if (pcf8563_rtc_read_time(dev, &tm))
-                       pcf8563_rtc_set_time(dev, &tm);
-
-               /* Clear the cached value. */
-               pcf8563->voltage_low = 0;
-
-               return 0;
        default:
                return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
        }