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 <[email protected]> --- drivers/rtc/rtc-rs5c348.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rs5c348.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rs5c348.c index 9a306983aaba..f2de8b17e7e3 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rs5c348.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rs5c348.c @@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ rs5c348_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm) tm->tm_year = bcd2bin(rxbuf[RS5C348_REG_YEAR]) + ((rxbuf[RS5C348_REG_MONTH] & RS5C348_BIT_Y2K) ? 100 : 0); - if (rtc_valid_tm(tm) < 0) { - dev_err(&spi->dev, "retrieved date/time is not valid.\n"); - rtc_time_to_tm(0, tm); - } - return 0; } -- 2.16.1
