rtc: ds1511: let the core handle invalid time

Returning a valid time when the time is invalid is a bad practice, because
then userspace is not able to react on the information. Also, it doesn't
make sense to return epoch because it is already the default time.

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
index 5f55214db9f8beee94d577e89ed65bdc790d175f..a7d5ca428d6828692e5dc79c67c76821ea440315 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c
@@ -277,10 +277,6 @@ static int ds1511_rtc_read_time(struct device *dev, struct rtc_time *rtc_tm)
 
        rtc_tm->tm_mon--;
 
-       if (rtc_valid_tm(rtc_tm) < 0) {
-               dev_err(dev, "retrieved date/time is not valid.\n");
-               rtc_time_to_tm(0, rtc_tm);
-       }
        return 0;
 }