It is not necessary to print a message when the time is invalid as userspace will already get an error (and an optional dev_dbg message).
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.bell...@bootlin.com> --- drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8581.c | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8581.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8581.c index 9998d7937688..32caadf912ca 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8581.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rx8581.c @@ -164,11 +164,7 @@ static int rx8581_get_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm) tm->tm_sec, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_year, tm->tm_wday); - err = rtc_valid_tm(tm); - if (err < 0) - dev_err(&client->dev, "retrieved date/time is not valid.\n"); - - return err; + return 0; } static int rx8581_set_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm) -- 2.16.1