Re: [RESEND PATCH 0/2] rtc: cmos: Fix ACPI RTC alarm handling

From: Alexandre Belloni

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 16:14:44 EST


On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:30:27 -0400, Gregory Price wrote:
> Resend of the series first posted on September 9.
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rtc/20260909225132.1392883-1-gourry@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> RTC update interrupt emulation can stop delivering events when rtc-cmos
> uses the ACPI RTC fixed event. On an affected system, a test that waits
> for five one-second update events completed only 40 of 50 runs. The ACPI
> ff_rt_clk counter stopped at 218, exactly matching the number of events
> delivered to userspace, with the event status set but delivery disabled.
>
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/2] rtc: cmos: Disable ACPI RTC event before handling it
https://git.kernel.org/abelloni/c/3f67038df8b5
[2/2] rtc: cmos: Honor explicit use_acpi_alarm parameter value
https://git.kernel.org/abelloni/c/3c7acb209e1d

Best regards,

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