When CONFIG_WATCHDOG_HANDLE_BOOT_ENABLED is enabled, kernel can pet the watchdog until user space takes over. Make use of this feature and start the watchdog in probe. Signed-off-by: Pavankumar Kondeti <quic_pkondeti@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c index 9e790f0c2096..4fb5dbf5faee 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/qcom-wdt.c @@ -276,12 +276,16 @@ static int qcom_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) watchdog_init_timeout(&wdt->wdd, 0, dev); /* + * Kernel can pet the watchdog until user space takes over. + * Start the watchdog here to make use of this feature. + * * If WDT is already running, call WDT start which * will stop the WDT, set timeouts as bootloader * might use different ones and set running bit * to inform the WDT subsystem to ping the WDT */ - if (qcom_wdt_is_running(&wdt->wdd)) { + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_HANDLE_BOOT_ENABLED) || + qcom_wdt_is_running(&wdt->wdd)) { qcom_wdt_start(&wdt->wdd); set_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING, &wdt->wdd.status); } --- base-commit: 41bccc98fb7931d63d03f326a746ac4d429c1dd3 change-id: 20240131-qcom-wdt-start-probe-b8e0560aef7d Best regards, -- Pavankumar Kondeti <quic_pkondeti@xxxxxxxxxxx>