linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog: iTCO_wdt: Fix detection of SMI-off case

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Date:   Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:04:17 +0200
From:   Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Christian Storm <christian.storm@...mens.com>,
        Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: iTCO_wdt: Fix detection of SMI-off case

On 26.07.21 14:01, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 2:46 PM Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
>>
>> Obviously, the test needs to run against the register content, not its
>> address.
>>
>> Fixes: cb011044e34c ("watchdog: iTCO_wdt: Account for rebooting on second timeout")
>> Reported-by: Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@...il.com>
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
> 
> Missed SoB of the submitter (hint: configure your Git to make sure
> that submitter and author are the same in terms of name-email).

The signed off is there. Not sure what you are referring to.

> 
> ...
> 
>>         if (p->smi_res &&
>> -           (SMI_EN(p) & (TCO_EN | GBL_SMI_EN)) != (TCO_EN | GBL_SMI_EN))
>> +           (inl(SMI_EN(p)) & (TCO_EN | GBL_SMI_EN)) != (TCO_EN | GBL_SMI_EN))
>>                 tmrval /= 2;
> 
> There are so many parentheses, perhaps
> 
> #define TCO_GBL_SMI_EN   (TCO_EN | GBL_SMI_EN)
> ...
>        if (p->smi_res &&
>            (inl(SMI_EN(p)) & TCO_GBL_SMI_EN) != TCO_GBL_SMI_EN)
>                tmrval /= 2;
> 
> ?
> 

Let's focus on the regression fix (and you could have mentioned that on
the original patch already).

Jan

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