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Subject: Re: [PATCH] RTC: Ensure that time being passed to set_alarm() is
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From: Andrew Victor <andrew@sanpeople.com>
To: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>
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hi, 

> > RTC: Ensure that the time being passed to set_alarm() is valid.
> 
> NAK.  rtc_valid_tm checks that the time/date is valid (eg, month is
> within range).  Alarms can have a "don't care" state for each part -
> for example, setting month to 0xff means "alarm every month".

OK. Drop this patch.


Regards,
  Andrew Victor