This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
rtc: cmos: Refactor code by using the new dmi_get_bios_year() helper
to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
rtc-cmos-refactor-code-by-using-the-new-dmi_get_bios.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit c4809f41861d8540acdb8e36603c124fccf65773
Author: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Jan 23 15:14:37 2020 +0200
rtc: cmos: Refactor code by using the new dmi_get_bios_year() helper
[ Upstream commit 604c521259c8051b7607c000eda7938f7a705d92 ]
Refactor code by using the new dmi_get_bios_year() helper instead of
open coding its functionality. This also makes logic slightly clearer.
No changes intended.
Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200123131437.28157-3-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Stable-dep-of: 83ebb7b3036d ("rtc: cmos: Disable ACPI RTC event on removal")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
index 8545f0da57fe..58a3104b8a1c 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
@@ -1204,8 +1204,6 @@ static void rtc_wake_off(struct device *dev)
/* Enable use_acpi_alarm mode for Intel platforms no earlier than 2015 */
static void use_acpi_alarm_quirks(void)
{
- int year;
-
if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
return;
@@ -1215,8 +1213,10 @@ static void use_acpi_alarm_quirks(void)
if (!is_hpet_enabled())
return;
- if (dmi_get_date(DMI_BIOS_DATE, &year, NULL, NULL) && year >= 2015)
- use_acpi_alarm = true;
+ if (dmi_get_bios_year() < 2015)
+ return;
+
+ use_acpi_alarm = true;
}
#else
static inline void use_acpi_alarm_quirks(void) { }
