On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 02:29:58PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote: > The TOP_INIT may be zero, so the timeout period may be very short after What is TOP_INIT ? > initialization is done, thus the system may be reset soon after enabling. > We fix this problem by restarting the counter immediately after enabling > WDT. > > Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c > index 9f21029..ad0619d 100644 > --- a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c > @@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static int dw_wdt_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) > dw_wdt_set_top(DW_WDT_MAX_TOP); This sets the timeout to the maximum, so I guess there must be some other event/register (TOP_INIT ?) which can be zero. > writel(WDOG_CONTROL_REG_WDT_EN_MASK, > dw_wdt.regs + WDOG_CONTROL_REG_OFFSET); What guarantees that the reset didn't already happen by the time the keepalive call is executed ? Does this change fix the problem, or does it just make it more unlikely to be seen ? Thanks, Guenter > + dw_wdt_keepalive(); > } > > dw_wdt_set_next_heartbeat(); > -- > 2.1.0 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
