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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8523.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8523.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8523.c index e7ebcc0b7e59..988566caaaa6 100644 --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8523.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8523.c @@ -219,6 +219,17 @@ static int pcf8523_rtc_set_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *tm) u8 regs[8]; int err; + /* + * The hardware can only store values between 0 and 99 in it's YEAR + * register (with 99 overflowing to 0 on increment). + * After 2100-02-28 we could start interpreting the year to be in the + * interval [2100, 2199], but there is no path to switch in a smooth way + * because the chip handles YEAR=0x00 (and the out-of-spec + * YEAR=0xa0) as a leap year, but 2100 isn't. + */ + if (tm->tm_year < 100 || tm->tm_year >= 200) + return -EINVAL; + err = pcf8523_stop_rtc(client); if (err < 0) return err; |