On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 02:56:34 PM Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:25:23 +0900 Hyogi Gim <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > In rtc_suspend() and rtc_resume(), the error after rtc_read_time() is not
> > checked. If rtc device fail to read time, we cannot guarantee the following
> > process.
> > 
> > Add the verification code for returned rtc_read_time() error.
> > 
> > ...
> >
> > --- a/drivers/rtc/class.c
> > +++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c
> > @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static int rtc_suspend(struct device *dev)
> >     struct rtc_device       *rtc = to_rtc_device(dev);
> >     struct rtc_time         tm;
> >     struct timespec         delta, delta_delta;
> > +   int err;
> >  
> >     if (has_persistent_clock())
> >             return 0;
> > @@ -61,7 +62,12 @@ static int rtc_suspend(struct device *dev)
> >             return 0;
> >  
> >     /* snapshot the current RTC and system time at suspend*/
> > -   rtc_read_time(rtc, &tm);
> > +   err = rtc_read_time(rtc, &tm);
> > +   if (err < 0) {
> > +           pr_debug("%s:  fail to read rtc time\n", dev_name(&rtc->dev));
> > +           return 0;
> > +   }
> 
> OK, it makes no sense to go ahead and set the system time from a
> garbage rtc_time.
> 
> But I'm wondering if we should propagate the error back to the
> rtc_suspend() caller.  What does the PM core do if a particular
> device's ->suspend or ->resume fails?

It aborts the suspend.

Rafael

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