Re: [PATCH 07/12] rtc: rzn1: fix alarm range check truncation on 32-bit systems

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 at 17:48, Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> alarm and farest were declared as unsigned long, but
> rtc_tm_to_time64() returns time64_t (s64). On 32-bit systems where
> unsigned long is 32 bits, the assignment silently truncates the upper
> 32 bits of the timestamp.
>
> Fix by declaring alarm and farest as time64_t and replacing
> time_after() with a direct signed comparison, which is correct for
> time64_t values that will never realistically overflow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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