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Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] rtc: pcf2127: fix reading uninitialized value on RTC_READ_VL ioctl

From Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] rtc: pcf2127: fix reading uninitialized value on RTC_READ_VL ioctl
Date 2015-10-18 02:20 +0200
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On 02/10/2015 at 11:17:19 +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote :
> The flag reported on the RTC_READ_VL ioctl is only initialized when the
> date is read out. So the voltage low value doesn't represent reality but
> the status at the time the date was read (or 0 if the date was not read
> yet).
> 
> Moreover when userspace requests a value via an ioctl there is no added
> benefit to also make a prosa representation of this (and other) values
> appear in the kernel log so remove the calls to dev_info and the driver
> data members to track their state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Applied, thanks.

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Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] rtc: pcf2127: fix reading uninitialized value on  RTC_READ_VL ioctl Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2015-10-18 02:20 +0200

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