From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933120Ab3LDTHd (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Dec 2013 14:07:33 -0500 Received: from devils.ext.ti.com ([198.47.26.153]:41912 "EHLO devils.ext.ti.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755899Ab3LDTH2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Dec 2013 14:07:28 -0500 Message-ID: <529F7D43.2030707@ti.com> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 21:06:43 +0200 From: "ivan.khoronzhuk" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Guenter Roeck CC: Sekhar Nori , Santosh Shilimkar , , , , , , , , , , , , , Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] watchdog: davinci: change driver to use WDT core References: <1385556508-3935-1-git-send-email-ivan.khoronzhuk@ti.com> <1385556508-3935-2-git-send-email-ivan.khoronzhuk@ti.com> <529F6EBE.5050703@ti.com> <20131204182824.GA14499@roeck-us.net> <529F7797.4080100@ti.com> <20131204185837.GA16166@roeck-us.net> In-Reply-To: <20131204185837.GA16166@roeck-us.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [10.167.145.122] X-EXCLAIMER-MD-CONFIG: f9c360f5-3d1e-4c3c-8703-f45bf52eff6b Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 12/04/2013 08:58 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 08:42:31PM +0200, ivan.khoronzhuk wrote: >> On 12/04/2013 08:28 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 11:34:46PM +0530, Sekhar Nori wrote: >>>> On 11/27/2013 6:18 PM, Ivan Khoronzhuk wrote: >>>>> To reduce code duplicate and increase code readability use WDT core >>>>> code to handle WDT interface. >>>>> >>>>> Remove io_lock as the WDT core uses mutex to lock each wdt device. >>>>> Remove wdt_state as the WDT core tracks state with its own variable. >>>>> >>>>> The watchdog_init_timeout() can read timeout value from timeout-sec >>>>> property if the passed value is out of bounds. The heartbeat is >>>>> initialized in next way. If heartbeat is not set thought module >>>>> parameter, try to read it's value from WDT node timeout-sec property. >>>>> If node has no one, use default value. >>>>> >>>>> The heartbeat is hold in wdd->timeout by WDT core, so use it in >>>>> order to set timeout period. >>>>> >>>>> Acked-by: Santosh Shilimkar >>>>> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck >>>>> Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk >>>>> --- >>>>> drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 2 + >>>>> drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c | 147 ++++++++++------------------------------ >>>>> 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-) >>>>> >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig >>>>> index 5be6e91..eb8c89d 100644 >>>>> --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig >>>>> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig >>>>> @@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ config IOP_WATCHDOG >>>>> config DAVINCI_WATCHDOG >>>>> tristate "DaVinci watchdog" >>>>> depends on ARCH_DAVINCI >>>>> + select WATCHDOG_CORE >>>>> + select WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT >>>> >>>> Its not clear for change log why NOWAYOUT needs to be forced on all the >>>> time for all users of DaVinci watchdog. >> >> ... you are right >> >>>> >>> Actually, thinking about it, it is not necessary and can be replaced with >>> >>> watchdog_set_nowayout(wdd, 1); >> >> Good idea, I'll replace watchdog_set_nowayout(wdd, WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) on it. >> And delete "select WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT" >> >>> >>> In other words, there is no need to force NOWAYOUT on _other_ watchdogs which >>> may be present in the system. Still, you are right, it would be nice to explain >>> in the changelog (or maybe even better as comment in the code) why it is >>> enforced. >>> >>> Guenter >>> >> >> Only question, should I repost only this patch or whole series? >> > Reposting only this patch should be sufficient if the others did not change. > > Thanks, > Guenter > Thanks. It is a pity, but along with this patch I have to change 2 patches, so I'll send whole series. -- Regards, Ivan Khoronzhuk