linux-kernel - Re: driver: watchdog: Remove mtk_wdt_stop() in probe() to prevent the system freeze and it doesn't reboot by watchdog problem

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Message-ID: <4b88a313-4184-5bf6-a0a7-db608558a9ed@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:27:54 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Freddy Hsin <freddy.hsin@...iatek.com>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     wsd_upstream@...iatek.com, chang-an.chen@...iatek.com,
        kuohong.wang@...iatek.com
Subject: Re: driver: watchdog: Remove mtk_wdt_stop() in probe() to prevent the
 system freeze and it doesn't reboot by watchdog problem

On 12/24/20 11:30 PM, Freddy Hsin wrote:
> Before user space daemon start to access the watchdog device,
> there is a time interval that watchdog is disabled in the
> original flow. If the system freezing at this interval, it
> cannot be rebooted by watchdog hardware automatically.
> 
> In order to solve this problem, the watchdog hardware should be
> kept working, and start hrtimer in framework to ping it by
> setting max_hw_heartbeat_ms and HW_RUNNING used in
> watchdog_need_worker to determine whether the worker should be
> started or not
> 
This intro email is unnecessary.

Guenter