The datasheet says we must stop the timer before changing the clock
divider. This can happen when the restart handler is called while the
watchdog is running.
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Change since V1: reworded commit message.
I sent V1 back then when it was more a recommendation of the datasheet to do it
like this. But meanwhile the code changed, so we actually need to do it.
drivers/watchdog/renesas_wdt.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/renesas_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/renesas_wdt.c
index 0d74c3e48979..55c9eb6c6e51 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/renesas_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/renesas_wdt.c
@@ -74,12 +74,17 @@ static int rwdt_init_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdev)
static int rwdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdev)
{
struct rwdt_priv *priv = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdev);
+ u8 val;
pm_runtime_get_sync(wdev->parent);
- rwdt_write(priv, 0, RWTCSRB);
- rwdt_write(priv, priv->cks, RWTCSRA);
+ /* Stop the timer before we modify any register */
+ val = readb_relaxed(priv->base + RWTCSRA) & ~RWTCSRA_TME;
+ rwdt_write(priv, val, RWTCSRA);
+
rwdt_init_timeout(wdev);
+ rwdt_write(priv, priv->cks, RWTCSRA);
+ rwdt_write(priv, 0, RWTCSRB);
while (readb_relaxed(priv->base + RWTCSRA) & RWTCSRA_WRFLG)
cpu_relax();
--
2.11.0
