linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: qcom: use restart_notifier mechanism for ps

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Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:41:02 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Josh Cartwright <joshc@...eaurora.org>,
	Bjorn Andersson <Bjorn.Andersson@...ymobile.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pramod Gurav <pramod.gurav@...rtplayin.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pinctrl: qcom: use restart_notifier mechanism for ps_hold

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Josh Cartwright <joshc@...eaurora.org> wrote:

> By converting to the restart_notifier mechanism for restart, we allow
> for other mechanisms, like the watchdog, to be used for restart in the
> case where PS_HOLD has failed to reset the chip.
>
> Since this mechanism may be one of several mechanisms registered, change
> the post-ps_hold write timeout to be a more reasonable 1 second instead
> of 10 seconds.
>
> Choose priority 128, as according to documentation, this mechanism "is
> sufficient to restart the entire system".
>
> Cc: Pramod Gurav <pramod.gurav@...rtplayin.com>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Tested-by: Pramod Gurav <pramod.gurav@...rtplayin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Cartwright <joshc@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>
> Changes since v1:
>   - Simplified conditional notifier block registration
>   - Reduced wait time to 1s, which I've found to be sufficient on an IFC6410
>     board.

Björn, are you OK with this patch?

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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