Re: [PATCH 0/7] rtc: Add support for limited alarm timer offsets

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On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 09:51:17PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> On 16/08/2023 12:12:14-0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 06:14:35PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> > > On 16/08/2023 08:50:12-0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > > I'm fine with the series, however, this doesn't solve the issue for RTCs
> > > > > that have an absolute limit on the alarm (as opposed to an offset to the
> > > > > current time/date).
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I thought that is checked by rtc_valid_range() in rtc_set_alarm().
> > > > Am I missing something ? Of course that assumes that the absolute
> > > > maximum alarm timeout matches range_max, but I didn't find any
> > > > drivers where that would not be the case.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > There are RTCs where this is not the case. When this is far away in the
> > > future enough, the usual solution is to clip range_max which works but
> > > is not really great intellectually.
> > > 
> > Do you have an example, by any chance ?
> > 
> 
> I'm sorry, I've been looking and I couldn't find it anymore. Don't
> bother with this for now.
> 

I have been looking as well and did not find it either.
I'll go ahead and send v2 with the suggested changes.

Thanks,
Guenter



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