Re: [PATCH] rtc_sysfs_show_hctosys 0 if resume failed

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:19:31 -0500
David Fries <david@fries.net> wrote:

> Subject: [PATCH] rtc_sysfs_show_hctosys 0 if resume failed

This doesn't make much sense.  Did you mean "rtc_sysfs_show_hctosys():
display 0 if resume failed"?

> The original rtc_sysfs_show_hctosys returnd 1 if this device was the
> CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE device, a later patch checked
> rtc_hctosys_ret from boot, this verifies boot do_settimeofday
> succeeded, and sets rtc_hctosys_ret in resume to indicate when
> adjusting the clock from resume fails.
> 
> This uses only CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE for conditional compilation
> instead of it and CONFIG_RTC_HCTOSYS.  rtc_hctosys_ret was moved to
> class.c so rtc_hctosys can be removed with just a Kconfig change if
> boot time setting isn't desired.

And this makes my head spin.  What does the patch actually do?  I think
it might fix a bug, but it's unclear what that bug is.

Can you please write a better changelog and title and resend?

Sorry.