Up to now, a new timeout value is only evaluated against min_timeout if max_timeout is provided. This does not really make sense; a driver can have a minimum timeout even if it does not have a maximum timeout. Ensure that it is not smaller than min_timeout, even if max_timeout is not set. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v4: Now first patch of series. Added comments. v3: New patch. --- include/linux/watchdog.h | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h index d74a0e907b9e..e90e3ea5ebeb 100644 --- a/include/linux/watchdog.h +++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h @@ -119,8 +119,15 @@ static inline void watchdog_set_nowayout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, bool noway /* Use the following function to check if a timeout value is invalid */ static inline bool watchdog_timeout_invalid(struct watchdog_device *wdd, unsigned int t) { - return ((wdd->max_timeout != 0) && - (t < wdd->min_timeout || t > wdd->max_timeout)); + /* + * The timeout is invalid if + * - the requested value is smaller than the configured minimum timeout, + * or + * - a maximum timeout is configured, and the requested value is larger + * than the maximum timeout. + */ + return t < wdd->min_timeout || + (wdd->max_timeout && t > wdd->max_timeout); } /* Use the following functions to manipulate watchdog driver specific data */ -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html