Re: [patch 1/3] rtc: Handle errors correctly inrtc_irq_set_state()

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2011, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:12:50 -0000
> Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > The code checks the correctness of the parameters, but unconditionally
> > arms/disarms the hrtimer.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> The -stable maintainers will want to know why they should merge this.
> 
> The maintainers of other trees will wonder whether they should backport
> it too.
> 
> To help them make these decision we should always provide a description
> of the user-visible effects of the bug, please.

Fair enough. 

The result is that a random task might arm/disarm rtc timer and
surprise the real owner by either generating events or by stopping
them. Both undesired behaviour :)
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