linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] watchdog: add support for ux500

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:43:13 +0100
From:	Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@...aro.org>
To:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
Cc:	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Srinidhi Kasagar <srinidhi.kasagar@...ricsson.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] watchdog: add support for ux500_wdt watchdog

Hello Wim,

thanks for the review!

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:12:22PM +0100, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:
> > +static int timeout = WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT;
> > +module_param(timeout, int, 0);
> > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout,
> > +	"Watchdog timeout in seconds. default="
> > +				__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT) ".");
> 
> We should go for unsigned int timeout values...

You're right!  This ends up in an unsigned on the rest of the code
anyway and I see other drivers using it as unsigned so I'll change it in
v2 (here and in ux500_wdt_data).

> 
> > +static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
> > +module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
> > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
> > +	"Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
> > +				__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
> 
> nowayout is a boolean value so please change this to
> static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;

Right.

> The rest is OK by me. So if bowayout get's fixed then you have my acked-by.

Ok, I'll send a v2 of this patch soon with both parameters fixed for you
to ack.

Thanks!
Fabio

-- 
Fabio Baltieri
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