linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog: at91sam9: keep watchdog running in idle mode

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Date:	Wed, 7 Oct 2015 13:01:12 +0200
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Sylvain Rochet <sylvain.rochet@...secur.com>
Cc:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
	Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...el.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: at91sam9: keep watchdog running in idle mode

Hi Sylvain,

On 06/10/2015 at 22:28:45 +0200, Sylvain Rochet wrote :
> Since turning on idle-halt in commit 5161b31dc39a (watchdog:
> at91sam9_wdt: better watchdog support"), SoCs compatible with
> at91sam9260-wdt not using a device tree no longer reboot if the watchdog
> times out while the CPU is in idle state. Removing the
> AT91_WDT_WDIDLEHLT flag that was set by default fixes this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sylvain Rochet <sylvain.rochet@...secur.com>
> Fixes: 5161b31dc39a ("watchdog: at91sam9_wdt: better watchdog support")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 3.14+

Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>

However, we don't really care about that for kernels after 3.18 as no
users are using pdata anymore.
I think you could send a follow-up patch removing pdata support
completely.

-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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