[PATCH] rtc: pcf8523: properly handle oscillator stop bit

From: Alexandre Belloni
Date: Thu Mar 03 2016 - 03:56:14 EST


The time and date register of the pcf8223 are undefined after a power
reset. Properly handle the OS bit and return -EINVAL when that bit is set.

It is properly removed when setting the time.

This solves an issue where the time and date may be valid for
rtc_valid_tm() but is not the current time.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8523.c | 25 +++----------------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8523.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8523.c
index 988566caaaa6..28c48b3c1946 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8523.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8523.c
@@ -178,28 +178,8 @@ static int pcf8523_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
if (err < 0)
return err;

- if (regs[0] & REG_SECONDS_OS) {
- /*
- * If the oscillator was stopped, try to clear the flag. Upon
- * power-up the flag is always set, but if we cannot clear it
- * the oscillator isn't running properly for some reason. The
- * sensible thing therefore is to return an error, signalling
- * that the clock cannot be assumed to be correct.
- */
-
- regs[0] &= ~REG_SECONDS_OS;
-
- err = pcf8523_write(client, REG_SECONDS, regs[0]);
- if (err < 0)
- return err;
-
- err = pcf8523_read(client, REG_SECONDS, &regs[0]);
- if (err < 0)
- return err;
-
- if (regs[0] & REG_SECONDS_OS)
- return -EAGAIN;
- }
+ if (regs[0] & REG_SECONDS_OS)
+ return -EINVAL;

tm->tm_sec = bcd2bin(regs[0] & 0x7f);
tm->tm_min = bcd2bin(regs[1] & 0x7f);
@@ -235,6 +215,7 @@ static int pcf8523_rtc_set_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
return err;

regs[0] = REG_SECONDS;
+ /* This will purposely overwrite REG_SECONDS_OS */
regs[1] = bin2bcd(tm->tm_sec);
regs[2] = bin2bcd(tm->tm_min);
regs[3] = bin2bcd(tm->tm_hour);
--
2.7.0