The comment in arch/arm/common/rtctime.c explains it:
* FIXME: for now, we just copy the alarm time because we're lazy (and
* is therefore buggy - setting a 10am alarm at 8pm will not result in
* the alarm triggering.)
This patch adds one day to the alarm iff the alarm wrapped beyond midnight and therefore appears to be in the past.
Signed-off-by: Uli Luckas <u.luckas@road-gmbh.de> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>