linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] watchdog: sp5100_tco: Add "action" module parameter

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Message-ID: <736d150c-03fe-ce39-a42e-b9b62f40a937@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:29:02 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Vladimir Panteleev <git@...dimir.panteleev.md>
Cc:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: sp5100_tco: Add "action" module parameter

On 9/18/22 22:58, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Sept 2022 at 04:17, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 9/18/22 07:08, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(action, "Action taken when watchdog expires, 0 to reset, 1 to poweroff (default="
>>> +              __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_ACTION) ")");
>>> +
>>
>> Other module parameters are not visible. I do not see the benefit of
>> having this one visible.
> 
> My bad
> 
>>> -#define SP5100_WDT_ACTION_RESET              BIT(2)
>>> +#define SP5100_WDT_ACTION            BIT(2)
>>
>> I do not see the point of renaming this define.
> 
> The bit is just called "action" ("WatchDogAction") in the technical
> documentation. I figure that the original author chose to name the
> define "ACTION_RESET" instead of just "ACTION" because the original
> implementation only ever cleared this bit, therefore only setting the
> action to "reset". Now that this is no longer true, calling it simply
> "action" to match the spec seemed more appropriate. What do you think?
> 

I am not getting into define name editing wars. The define is named as
it is. There is never a good reason to rename it. If I'd accept your
change, someone else might come tomorrow and want it renamed to
"SP5100_WDT_ACTION_POWEROFF" because setting the bit to 1 causes
the system to power off.

No, I am not getting into that.

Guenter