linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 3/8] watchdog: f71808e_wdt: remove use of wrong watchdog

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Message-ID: <20200630210749.GA22948@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:07:49 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Giel van Schijndel <me@...tis.eu>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/8] watchdog: f71808e_wdt: remove use of wrong
 watchdog_info option

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 09:17:44PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> The flags that should be or-ed into the watchdog_info.options by drivers
> all start with WDIOF_, e.g. WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT, which indicates that the
> driver's watchdog_ops has a usable set_timeout.
> 
> WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT was used instead, which expands to 0xc0045706, which
> equals:
> 
>    WDIOF_FANFAULT | WDIOF_EXTERN1 | WDIOF_PRETIMEOUT | WDIOF_ALARMONLY |
>    WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE | 0xc0045000
> 
> These were so far indicated to userspace on WDIOC_GETSUPPORT.
> As the driver has not yet been migrated to the new watchdog kernel API,
> the constant can just be dropped without substitute.
> 
> Fixes: 96cb4eb019ce ("watchdog: f71808e_wdt: new watchdog driver for
>        Fintek F71808E and F71882FG")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c
> index c8ce80c13403..8e5584c54423 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c
> @@ -690,8 +690,7 @@ static int __init watchdog_init(int sioaddr)
>  	 * into the module have been registered yet.
>  	 */
>  	watchdog.sioaddr = sioaddr;
> -	watchdog.ident.options = WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT
> -				| WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE
> +	watchdog.ident.options = WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE
>  				| WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING
>  				| WDIOF_CARDRESET;
>