linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] watchdog: meson_gxbb_wdt: remove stop_on

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Message-ID: <CAKaHn9KxZDAHdKGZg3-Pi3jZO5E3knESHCFjgaV09u5QYe074A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 9 Nov 2021 15:59:46 +0800
From:   Art Nikpal <email2tema@...il.com>
To:     Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@...libre.com>
Cc:     wim@...ux-watchdog.org, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
        Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@...il.com>,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:ARM/Amlogic Meson..." <linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Artem Lapkin <art@...das.com>, Nick Xie <nick@...das.com>,
        Gouwa Wang <gouwa@...das.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] watchdog: meson_gxbb_wdt: remove stop_on_reboot

hi Guenter Roeck
why still not merged to upstream ?

On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 12:14 PM Artem Lapkin <email2tema@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Remove watchdog_stop_on_reboot()
>
> Meson platform still have some hardware drivers problems for some
> configurations which can freeze device on shutdown/reboot stage and i
> think better to have reboot warranty by default.
>
> I feel that it is important to keep the watchdog running during the
> reboot sequence, in the event that an abnormal driver freezes the reboot
> process.
>
> This is my personal opinion and I hope the driver authors will agree
> with my proposal, or just ignore this commit if not.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-watchdog/20210729072308.1908904-1-art@khadas.com/T/#t
>
> Signed-off-by: Artem Lapkin <art@...das.com>
> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c
> index 945f5e65db57..d3c9e2f6e63b 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c
> @@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ static int meson_gxbb_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
>         meson_gxbb_wdt_set_timeout(&data->wdt_dev, data->wdt_dev.timeout);
>
> -       watchdog_stop_on_reboot(&data->wdt_dev);
>         return devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, &data->wdt_dev);
>  }
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>