[PATCH v1 1/4] rtc: pcf2127: fix reading uninitialized value on RTC_READ_VL ioctl

From: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig
Date: Fri Oct 02 2015 - 05:18:30 EST


The flag reported on the RTC_READ_VL ioctl is only initialized when the
date is read out. So the voltage low value doesn't represent reality but
the status at the time the date was read (or 0 if the date was not read
yet).

Moreover when userspace requests a value via an ioctl there is no added
benefit to also make a prosa representation of this (and other) values
appear in the kernel log so remove the calls to dev_info and the driver
data members to track their state.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
While this is a fix I don't think it is critical enough to backport it to
stable (or apply it during the rc phase).

Looking at

http://codesearch.debian.net/perpackage-results/RTC_VL_READ

this ioctl isn't used much.

drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c
index 4c7738f706c1..4f66c4216b5a 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf2127.c
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ static struct i2c_driver pcf2127_driver;

struct pcf2127 {
struct rtc_device *rtc;
- int voltage_low; /* indicates if a low_voltage was detected */
- int oscillator_failed; /* OSF was detected and date is unreliable */
};

/*
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ struct pcf2127 {
*/
static int pcf2127_get_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)
{
- struct pcf2127 *pcf2127 = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
unsigned char buf[10] = { PCF2127_REG_CTRL1 };

/* read registers */
@@ -59,18 +56,15 @@ static int pcf2127_get_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)
return -EIO;
}

- if (buf[PCF2127_REG_CTRL3] & 0x04) {
- pcf2127->voltage_low = 1;
+ if (buf[PCF2127_REG_CTRL3] & 0x04)
dev_info(&client->dev,
"low voltage detected, check/replace RTC battery.\n");
- }

if (buf[PCF2127_REG_SC] & PCF2127_OSF) {
/*
* no need clear the flag here,
* it will be cleared once the new date is saved
*/
- pcf2127->oscillator_failed = 1;
dev_warn(&client->dev,
"oscillator stop detected, date/time is not reliable\n");
return -EINVAL;
@@ -107,7 +101,6 @@ static int pcf2127_get_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)

static int pcf2127_set_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)
{
- struct pcf2127 *pcf2127 = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
unsigned char buf[8];
int i = 0, err;

@@ -141,9 +134,6 @@ static int pcf2127_set_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)
return -EIO;
}

- /* clear OSF flag in client data */
- pcf2127->oscillator_failed = 0;
-
return 0;
}

@@ -151,17 +141,27 @@ static int pcf2127_set_datetime(struct i2c_client *client, struct rtc_time *tm)
static int pcf2127_rtc_ioctl(struct device *dev,
unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
- struct pcf2127 *pcf2127 = i2c_get_clientdata(to_i2c_client(dev));
+ struct i2c_client *client = to_i2c_client(dev);
+ unsigned char buf = PCF2127_REG_CTRL3;
+ int ret;

switch (cmd) {
case RTC_VL_READ:
- if (pcf2127->voltage_low)
- dev_info(dev, "low voltage detected, check/replace battery\n");
- if (pcf2127->oscillator_failed)
- dev_info(dev, "oscillator stop detected, date/time is not reliable\n");
+ ret = i2c_master_send(client, &buf, 1);
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = -EIO;
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = i2c_master_recv(client, &buf, 1);
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = -EIO;
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ buf = buf & PCF2127_REG_CTRL3_BLF ? 1 : 0;

- if (copy_to_user((void __user *)arg, &pcf2127->voltage_low,
- sizeof(int)))
+ if (copy_to_user((void __user *)arg, &buf, sizeof(int)))
return -EFAULT;
return 0;
default:
--
2.6.0

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