From: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
To: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Daniel Palmer <daniel@thingy.jp>,
Romain Perier <romain.perier@gmail.com>,
linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
tzungbi@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/9] watchdog: msc313e: Enable clock before accessing hardware registers
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:13:43 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828161348.13212-5-tzungbi@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260828161348.13212-1-tzungbi@kernel.org>
msc313e_wdt_probe() reads from hardware registers without ensuring the
required clock is enabled. Furthermore, if the bootloader leaves the
watchdog running, msc313e_wdt_probe() sets WDOG_HW_RUNNING without
increasing the clock's reference count.
While the clock is currently supplied as a fixed clock by the device
tree (`xtal_div2` in arch/arm/boot/dts/sigmastar/mstar-v7.dtsi) which
masks the physical issue, this still violates the API usage.
Call clk_prepare_enable() before reading WDT registers. If the WDT is
running, leave the clock enabled so the CCF reference counter is
balanced.
Fixes: ffd264bd152c ("watchdog: msc313e: Check if the WDT was running at boot")
Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@kernel.org>
---
v2:
- Fix a clock leak issue in the error handling path (Sashiko reported).
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260827044700.554333-3-tzungbi@kernel.org
---
drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
index 8ce24df8e338..7c4593566781 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static int msc313e_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
struct msc313e_wdt_priv *priv;
unsigned long rate;
+ int ret;
priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!priv)
@@ -133,9 +134,21 @@ static int msc313e_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
priv->wdev.max_timeout = U32_MAX / rate;
priv->wdev.timeout = MSC313E_WDT_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+ ret = clk_prepare_enable(priv->clk);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
/* If the period is non-zero the WDT is running */
- if (readw(priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_L) | (readw(priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_H) << 16))
+ if (readw(priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_L) | (readw(priv->base + REG_WDT_MAX_PRD_H) << 16)) {
set_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING, &priv->wdev.status);
+ /*
+ * Keep the clock enabled. The watchdog core will skip the next
+ * start() and a future stop() will balance the CCF reference
+ * count.
+ */
+ } else {
+ clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
+ }
watchdog_set_drvdata(&priv->wdev, priv);
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
@@ -144,7 +157,13 @@ static int msc313e_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
watchdog_stop_on_reboot(&priv->wdev);
watchdog_stop_on_unregister(&priv->wdev);
- return devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, &priv->wdev);
+ ret = devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, &priv->wdev);
+
+ /* If the WDT is running and anything goes wrong, disable the clock. */
+ if (ret && test_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING, &priv->wdev.status))
+ clk_disable_unprepare(priv->clk);
+
+ return ret;
}
static int __maybe_unused msc313e_wdt_suspend(struct device *dev)
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 16:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 16:13 [PATCH v2 0/9] watchdog: msc313e: Fix issues Sashiko reported Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-08-28 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] watchdog: msc313e: Fix NULL pointer dereference in PM callbacks Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-08-28 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] watchdog: msc313e: Avoid division by zero Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-08-28 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] watchdog: msc313e: Fix clock leak and spurious timer in settimeout() Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-08-28 16:13 ` Tzung-Bi Shih [this message]
2026-08-28 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] watchdog: msc313e: Fix spurious reset on suspend Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-08-28 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] watchdog: msc313e: Fix undefined behavior Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-08-28 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] watchdog: msc313e: Sync timeout value if WDT was running at boot Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-08-28 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] watchdog: msc313e: Propagate error code in resume() Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-08-28 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] watchdog: msc313e: Replace commas with semicolons in probe() Tzung-Bi Shih
2026-08-28 16:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] watchdog: msc313e: Fix issues Sashiko reported Daniel Palmer
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