[PATCH 002/100] rtc: ds1553: let the core handle invalid time

[Alexandre Belloni]

Returning a valid time when the time is invalid is a bad practice, because
then userspace is not able to react on the information. Also, it doesn't
make sense to return epoch because it is already the default time.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
index 7334c824371a..2441b9a2b366 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1553.c
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ static int ds1553_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
 	/* year is 1900 + tm->tm_year */
 	tm->tm_year = bcd2bin(year) + bcd2bin(century) * 100 - 1900;
 
-	if (rtc_valid_tm(tm) < 0) {
-		dev_err(dev, "retrieved date/time is not valid.\n");
-		rtc_time_to_tm(0, tm);
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
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2.16.1