Re: [PATCH] RTC: rtc_time_to_tm: use unsigned arithmetic

From: Dmitri Vorobiev
Date: Tue May 06 2008 - 18:51:08 EST


Maciej W. Rozycki ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> The input argument to rtc_time_to_tm() is unsigned as well as are members
> of the output structure. However signed arithmetic is used within for
> calculations leading to incorrect results for input values outside the
> signed positive range. If this happens the time of day returned is out of
> range.
>
> Found the problem when fiddling with the RTC and the driver where year
> was set to an unexpectedly large value like 2070, e.g.:
>
> rtc0: setting system clock to 2070-01-01 1193046:71582832:26 UTC (3155760954)
>
> while it should be:
>
> rtc0: setting system clock to 2070-01-01 00:15:54 UTC (3155760954)
>
> Changing types to unsigned fixes the problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Tested on 64-bit MIPS. Please apply.
>
> Maciej
>
> patch-2.6.26-rc1-20080505-rtc-time-unsigned-11
> diff -up --recursive --new-file linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505.macro/drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505/drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c
> --- linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505.macro/drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c 2007-07-10 04:56:26.000000000 +0000
> +++ linux-2.6.26-rc1-20080505/drivers/rtc/rtc-lib.c 2008-05-05 02:37:38.000000000 +0000
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtc_year_days);
> */
> void rtc_time_to_tm(unsigned long time, struct rtc_time *tm)
> {
> - register int days, month, year;
> + register unsigned int days, month, year;

Does it make any sense to use the `register' keyword nowadays?

Dmitri
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