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-rs5c348.c | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rs5c348.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rs5c348.c
index 9a306983aaba..f2de8b17e7e3 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rs5c348.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rs5c348.c
@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ rs5c348_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm)
tm->tm_year = bcd2bin(rxbuf[RS5C348_REG_YEAR]) +
((rxbuf[RS5C348_REG_MONTH] & RS5C348_BIT_Y2K) ? 100 : 0);
- if (rtc_valid_tm(tm) < 0) {
- dev_err(&spi->dev, "retrieved date/time is not valid.\n");
- rtc_time_to_tm(0, tm);
- }
-
return 0;
}
--
2.16.1
