Thread (21 messages) 21 messages, 7 authors, 2025-03-06

Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] watchdog: Add a new flag WDIOF_STOP_MAYSLEEP

From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Date: 2025-03-05 11:03:05
Also in: chrome-platform, imx, linux-arm-kernel, linux-mips, linux-watchdog, lkml, openbmc

Hi George,
Hi Guenter,

On 05.03.25 11:34, George Cherian wrote:
quoted
why is armada_37xx_wdt also here?
The stop function in that driver may not sleep.
Marek,

Thanks for reviewing.
Since the stop function has a regmap_write(), I thought it might sleep.
Now that you pointed it out, I assume that it is an MMIO based regmap being used for armada.
I will update the same in the next version
Failure to add WDIOF_STOP_MAYSLEEP when it's needed can lead to
kernel hanging. Failure to add an alternative WDIOF_STOP_ATOMIC
would lead to the kernel option being a no-op.

I think a no-op stop_on_panic (or reset_on_panic) is a saner default.

Cheers,
Ahmad
quoted
Marek
-George

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