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-rw-r--r--src/timedate/timedated.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/timedate/timedated.c b/src/timedate/timedated.c
index 809c80bad1..3d450ca3fa 100644
--- a/src/timedate/timedated.c
+++ b/src/timedate/timedated.c
@@ -467,12 +467,14 @@ static int property_get_rtc_time(
zero(tm);
r = hwclock_get_time(&tm);
- if (r < 0) {
+ if (r == -EBUSY) {
+ log_warning("/dev/rtc is busy, is somebody keeping it open continously? That's not a good idea... Returning a bogus RTC timestamp.");
+ t = 0;
+ } else if (r < 0) {
sd_bus_error_set_errnof(error, -r, "Failed to read RTC: %s", strerror(-r));
return r;
- }
-
- t = (usec_t) mktime(&tm) * USEC_PER_SEC;
+ } else
+ t = (usec_t) mktime(&tm) * USEC_PER_SEC;
r = sd_bus_message_append(reply, "t", t);
if (r < 0)