#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/rtc.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include "rtc-core.h"
static dev_t rtc_devt;
struct rtc_device, char_dev);
const struct rtc_class_ops *ops = rtc->ops;
- if (test_and_set_bit_lock(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags))
- return -EBUSY;
+ lock_kernel();
+ if (test_and_set_bit_lock(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags)) {
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ goto out;
+ }
file->private_data = rtc;
rtc->irq_data = 0;
spin_unlock_irq(&rtc->irq_lock);
- return 0;
+ goto out;
}
/* something has gone wrong */
clear_bit_unlock(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags);
+out:
+ unlock_kernel();
return err;
}
/* if the driver does not provide the ioctl interface
* or if that particular ioctl was not implemented
* (-ENOIOCTLCMD), we will try to emulate here.
+ *
+ * Drivers *SHOULD NOT* provide ioctl implementations
+ * for these requests. Instead, provide methods to
+ * support the following code, so that the RTC's main
+ * features are accessible without using ioctls.
+ *
+ * RTC and alarm times will be in UTC, by preference,
+ * but dual-booting with MS-Windows implies RTCs must
+ * use the local wall clock time.
*/
switch (cmd) {