On 04/20/2015 06:55 PM, Nishanth Menon wrote:
> Alarm interrupt enable register is at offset 0x7, while the time
> registers for the alarm follow that. When we program Alarm interrupt
> enable prior to programming the time, it is possible that previous
> time value could be close or match at the time of alarm enable
> resulting in interrupt trigger which is unexpected (and does not match
> the time we expect it to trigger).
> 
> To prevent this scenario from occurring, program the ALM0_EN bit only
> after the alarm time is appropriately programmed.
> 
> Of course, I2C programming is non-atomic, so there are loopholes where
> the interrupt wont trigger if the time requested is in the past at
> the time of programming the ALM0_EN bit. However, we will not have
> unexpected interrupts while the time is programmed after the interrupt
> are enabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nishanth Menon <n...@ti.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c |   12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
> index 4ffabb322a9a..59f9ecf323d5 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
> @@ -742,17 +742,17 @@ static int mcp794xx_set_alarm(struct device *dev, 
> struct rtc_wkalrm *t)
>       regs[6] &= ~MCP794XX_BIT_ALMX_IF;
>       /* Set alarm match: second, minute, hour, day, date, month. */
>       regs[6] |= MCP794XX_MSK_ALMX_MATCH;
> -
> -     if (t->enabled)
> -             regs[0] |= MCP794XX_BIT_ALM0_EN;
> -     else
> -             regs[0] &= ~MCP794XX_BIT_ALM0_EN;
> +     /* Disable interrupt. We will not enable until completely programed */
^^ typo here. s/programed/programmed
> +     regs[0] &= ~MCP794XX_BIT_ALM0_EN;
>  
>       ret = ds1307->write_block_data(client, MCP794XX_REG_CONTROL, 10, regs);
>       if (ret < 0)
>               return ret;
>  
> -     return 0;
> +     if (!t->enabled)
> +             return 0;
> +     regs[0] |= MCP7941X_BIT_ALM0_EN;

^^ messed up git commit --amend :(

> +     return i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, MCP794XX_REG_CONTROL, regs[0]);
>  }
>  
>  static int mcp794xx_alarm_irq_enable(struct device *dev, unsigned int 
> enabled)
> 

will repost a rev2 - apologies on the noise.
-- 
Regards,
Nishanth Menon
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