Hello, On 03/10/2018 15:31:54+0200, Joel Stanley wrote: > +static int aspeed_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm) > +{ > + struct aspeed_rtc *rtc = dev_get_drvdata(dev); > + unsigned int cent, year, mon, day, hour, min, sec; > + unsigned long flags; > + u32 reg1, reg2; > + > + spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc->lock, flags); > + > + do { > + reg2 = readl(rtc->base + RTC_YEAR); > + reg1 = readl(rtc->base + RTC_TIME); > + } while (reg2 != readl(rtc->base + RTC_YEAR)); > + > + day = (reg1 >> 24) & 0x1f; > + hour = (reg1 >> 16) & 0x1f; > + min = (reg1 >> 8) & 0x3f; > + sec = (reg1 >> 0) & 0x3f; > + cent = (reg2 >> 16) & 0x1f; > + year = (reg2 >> 8) & 0x7f; > + /* > + * Month is 1-12 in hardware, and 0-11 in struct rtc_time, however we > + * are using mktime64 which is 1-12, so no adjustment is necessary > + */ > + mon = (reg2 >> 0) & 0x0f; > + > + rtc_time64_to_tm(mktime64(cent * 100 + year, mon, day, hour, min, sec), > + tm); > + This is quite wasteful. You already have the broken out time. Why don't you directly fill the tm struct? > +static int aspeed_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > +{ > + struct resource *res; > + struct aspeed_rtc *rtc; > + > + rtc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*rtc), GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!rtc) > + return -ENOMEM; > + > + res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0); > + rtc->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res); > + if (IS_ERR(rtc->base)) > + return PTR_ERR(rtc->base); > + > + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc); > + > + rtc->rtc_dev = devm_rtc_device_register(&pdev->dev, pdev->name, > + &aspeed_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE); > + Please use devm_rtc_allocate_device to allocate the rtc and then register it with rtc_register_device. Please also fill rtc->range_{min,max} before the registration. > + if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev)) > + return PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev); > + > + spin_lock_init(&rtc->lock); > + > + /* Enable RTC and clear the unlock bit */ > + writel(RTC_ENABLE, rtc->base + RTC_CTRL); > + Maybe this should only be done in set_time so you can know whether the time that is read in read_time has a chance to be valid. For example you could return -EINVAL when RTC_ENABLE is not set if this bit is readable. -- Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com