Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] selftests: watchdog: avoid keepalive flood

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Hi Eugeniu,

On 06/03/2017 02:14 PM, Eugeniu Rosca wrote:
> Calling `watchdog-test [options] -p 0` results in flooding the kernel
> with WDIOC_KEEPALIVE. Fix this by enforcing 1 second as minimal
> keepalive/ping period.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
> index c1c9a3bb9ec7..c768b51a044e 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
> @@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  			break;
>  		case 'p':
>  			ping_rate = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
> +			if (!ping_rate)
> +				ping_rate = 1;
>  			printf("Watchdog ping rate set to %u seconds.\n", ping_rate);

This is good. Please update the Usage string to reflect the default ping_rate
when one isn't specified. Better yet, please add a define DEAFAULT_PING_RATE
and then use that instead of hard-coding it.

>  			break;
>  		case 't':
> 

thanks,
-- Shuah
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