Re: [PATCH 5/10] watchdog: bcm63xx_wdt: Use WATCHDOG_CORE

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On 25/11/15 14:10, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 11/25/2015 05:02 AM, Simon Arlott wrote:
>> On Wed, November 25, 2015 02:44, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> The "running" flag should no longer be needed. watchdog_active()
>>> should provide that information.
>>
>> I'm going to need to keep that because I need to know if it's running
>> in the interrupt handler, and wdd->lock is a mutex.
>>
>>>> @@ -306,17 +202,18 @@ unregister_timer:
>>>>
>>>>    static int bcm63xx_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>>    {
>>>> -	if (!nowayout)
>>>> -		bcm63xx_wdt_hw_stop();
>>>> +	struct watchdog_device *wdd = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>>>>
>>>> -	misc_deregister(&bcm63xx_wdt_miscdev);
>>>>    	bcm63xx_timer_unregister(TIMER_WDT_ID);
>>>> +	watchdog_unregister_device(wdd);
>>>
>>> Shouldn't that come first, before unregistering the timer ?
>>
>> No, because wdd->dev is used in the interrupt handler. I will have to
>> move registration of the interrupt to after creating the watchdog
>> because it could currently be used before wdd->dev is set.
>>
> 
> Does unregistering the timer disable the interrupt ?

No, it sets the callback for that timer to NULL so that it won't be
called.

-- 
Simon Arlott
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