From: "Jan Beulich" Ensure RTC driver doesn't use its timer when it doesn't get to set it up (as it cannot currently prevent other of its functions to be called from outside when not built as a module - probably this should also be addressed). Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/rtc.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/char/rtc.c~rtc-fix-error-case drivers/char/rtc.c --- a/drivers/char/rtc.c~rtc-fix-error-case +++ a/drivers/char/rtc.c @@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ static int __init rtc_init(void) } } #endif + rtc_has_irq = 0; printk(KERN_ERR "rtc_init: no PC rtc found\n"); return -EIO; @@ -972,6 +973,7 @@ found: * PCI Slot 2 INTA# (and some INTx# in Slot 1). */ if (request_irq(rtc_irq, rtc_interrupt, IRQF_SHARED, "rtc", (void *)&rtc_port)) { + rtc_has_irq = 0; printk(KERN_ERR "rtc: cannot register IRQ %d\n", rtc_irq); return -EIO; } @@ -982,6 +984,9 @@ no_irq: else r = request_mem_region(RTC_PORT(0), RTC_IO_EXTENT, "rtc"); if (!r) { +#ifdef RTC_IRQ + rtc_has_irq = 0; +#endif printk(KERN_ERR "rtc: I/O resource %lx is not free.\n", (long)(RTC_PORT(0))); return -EIO; @@ -996,6 +1001,7 @@ no_irq: if(request_irq(RTC_IRQ, rtc_int_handler_ptr, IRQF_DISABLED, "rtc", NULL)) { /* Yeah right, seeing as irq 8 doesn't even hit the bus. */ + rtc_has_irq = 0; printk(KERN_ERR "rtc: IRQ %d is not free.\n", RTC_IRQ); if (RTC_IOMAPPED) release_region(RTC_PORT(0), RTC_IO_EXTENT); @@ -1012,6 +1018,7 @@ no_irq: if (misc_register(&rtc_dev)) { #ifdef RTC_IRQ free_irq(RTC_IRQ, NULL); + rtc_has_irq = 0; #endif release_region(RTC_PORT(0), RTC_IO_EXTENT); return -ENODEV; @@ -1021,6 +1028,7 @@ no_irq: if (!ent) { #ifdef RTC_IRQ free_irq(RTC_IRQ, NULL); + rtc_has_irq = 0; #endif release_region(RTC_PORT(0), RTC_IO_EXTENT); misc_deregister(&rtc_dev); _