+ rtc-rtc-isl1208-reject-invalid-dates.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     rtc: rtc-isl1208: reject invalid dates
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     rtc-rtc-isl1208-reject-invalid-dates.patch

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Subject: rtc: rtc-isl1208: reject invalid dates
From: Chris Elston <celston@xxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch for the rtc-isl1208 driver makes it reject invalid dates.

Signed-off-by: Chris Elston <celston@xxxxxxxxxxx>
[a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx: added comment explaining the check]
Signed-off-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hebert Valerio Riedel <hvr@xxxxxxx>
Cc: David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff -puN drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c~rtc-rtc-isl1208-reject-invalid-dates drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c~rtc-rtc-isl1208-reject-invalid-dates
+++ a/drivers/rtc/rtc-isl1208.c
@@ -328,6 +328,13 @@ isl1208_i2c_set_time(struct i2c_client *
 	int sr;
 	u8 regs[ISL1208_RTC_SECTION_LEN] = { 0, };
 
+	/* The clock has an 8 bit wide bcd-coded register (they never learn)
+	 * for the year. tm_year is an offset from 1900 and we are interested
+	 * in the 2000-2099 range, so any value less than 100 is invalid.
+	 */
+	if (tm->tm_year < 100)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	regs[ISL1208_REG_SC] = bin2bcd(tm->tm_sec);
 	regs[ISL1208_REG_MN] = bin2bcd(tm->tm_min);
 	regs[ISL1208_REG_HR] = bin2bcd(tm->tm_hour) | ISL1208_REG_HR_MIL;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from celston@xxxxxxxxxxx are

rtc-rtc-isl1208-reject-invalid-dates.patch

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