Re: [PATCH] Added MIPS RM9K watchdog driver

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

Ar Iau, 2006-08-10 am 23:19 +0200, ysgrifennodd
thomas@koeller.dyndns.org:
> +	wd_regs = ioremap_nocache(rr->start, rr->end + 1 - rr->start);

If this fails ?

> +	res = misc_register(&miscdev);
> +	if (res)
> +		iounmap(wd_regs);
> +	register_reboot_notifier(&wdt_gpi_shutdown);
> +	return res;

Failure path appears incomplete, surely you don't want to register a
reboot notifier then unload and error ?

> +			copy_to_user((void __user *)arg, &wdinfo, size);

This function returns an error and should be checked. (The tricks with
IOC bits and verify_area aren't enough to be sure it won't error and
actually probably aren't worth doing)

> +	printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: watchdog expired - resetting system\n",
> +	       wdt_gpi_name);
> +
> +	*(volatile char *) flagaddr |= 0x01;
> +	*(volatile char *) resetaddr = powercycle ? 0x01 : 0x2;
> +	iob();
> +	while (1) continue;

cpu_relax();
> +
> +	return IRQ_HANDLED;

Unreachable code.

Also if this is a software watchdog why is it better than using
softdog ?

Otherwise it looks pretty sound.