Hi Javier,
> The watchdog maximum timeout value is determined by the number of bits
> for the interval timer counter, its source clock frequency, the number
> of bits of the prescaler and maximum divider value.
>
> This can be calculated with the following equation:
>
> max_timeout = counter / (freq / (max_prescale + 1) / max_divider)
>
> Setting a maximum timeout value will allow the watchdog core to refuse
> user-space calls to the WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT ioctl that sets not supported
> timeout values.
>
> For example, systemd tries to set a timeout of 10 minutes on reboot to
> ensure that the machine will be rebooted even if a reboot failed. This
> leads to the following error message on an Exynos5422 Odroid XU4 board:
>
> [ 147.986045] s3c2410-wdt 101d0000.watchdog: timeout 600 too big
>
> Reported-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> Hello,
>
> I'm sending this as an RFC because I don't have access to user manuals
> for all the Exynos SoCs that this driver supports. But at least in all
> the ones I have here, the maximum prescaler and divider values are the
> same and also all have a 16-bit interval timer counter.
>
> So this patch assumes that all IP blocks supported by this driver are
> the same on that regard, if that's not the case then we can move these
> values on a per IP block basis using struct of_device_id .data field.
>
> Best regards,
> Javier
>
> drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
> index 0093450441fe..f289c9fc353a 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
> @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
> #define S3C2410_WTDAT 0x04
> #define S3C2410_WTCNT 0x08
>
> +#define S3C2410_WTCNT_MAXCNT 0xffff
> +
> #define S3C2410_WTCON_RSTEN (1 << 0)
> #define S3C2410_WTCON_INTEN (1 << 2)
> #define S3C2410_WTCON_ENABLE (1 << 5)
> @@ -56,8 +58,11 @@
> #define S3C2410_WTCON_DIV64 (2 << 3)
> #define S3C2410_WTCON_DIV128 (3 << 3)
>
> +#define S3C2410_WTCON_MAXDIV 0x80
> +
> #define S3C2410_WTCON_PRESCALE(x) ((x) << 8)
> #define S3C2410_WTCON_PRESCALE_MASK (0xff << 8)
> +#define S3C2410_WTCON_PRESCALE_MAX 0xff
>
> #define CONFIG_S3C2410_WATCHDOG_ATBOOT (0)
> #define CONFIG_S3C2410_WATCHDOG_DEFAULT_TIME (15)
> @@ -198,6 +203,14 @@ do { \
>
> /* functions */
>
> +static inline unsigned int s3c2410wdt_max_timeout(struct clk *clock)
> +{
> + unsigned long freq = clk_get_rate(clock);
> +
> + return S3C2410_WTCNT_MAXCNT / (freq / (S3C2410_WTCON_PRESCALE_MAX + 1)
> + / S3C2410_WTCON_MAXDIV);
> +}
> +
> static inline struct s3c2410_wdt *freq_to_wdt(struct notifier_block *nb)
> {
> return container_of(nb, struct s3c2410_wdt, freq_transition);
> @@ -567,6 +580,9 @@ static int s3c2410wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> return ret;
> }
>
> + wdt->wdt_device.min_timeout = 1;
> + wdt->wdt_device.max_timeout = s3c2410wdt_max_timeout(wdt->clock);
> +
> ret = s3c2410wdt_cpufreq_register(wdt);
> if (ret < 0) {
> dev_err(dev, "failed to register cpufreq\n");
> --
> 2.5.0
>
This patch has been added to linux-watchdog-next.
Kind regards,
Wim.
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