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-ds1511.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
index 5f55214db9f8..a7d5ca428d68 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
@@ -277,10 +277,6 @@ static int ds1511_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *rtc_tm)
rtc_tm->tm_mon--;
- if (rtc_valid_tm(rtc_tm) < 0) {
- dev_err(dev, "retrieved date/time is not valid.\n");
- rtc_time_to_tm(0, rtc_tm);
- }
return 0;
}
--
2.16.1
