Hi Guenter, On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 05:59:01 -0800 Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/18/2015 04:57 AM, Timo Kokkonen wrote: > > By default the driver will start a kernel timer which keeps on kicking > > the watchdog HW until user space has opened the watchdog > > device. Usually this is desirable as the watchdog HW is running by > > default and the user space may not have any watchdog daemon running at > > all. > > > > However, on production systems it may be mandatory that also early > > crashes and lockups will lead to a watchdog reset, even if they happen > > before the user space has opened the watchdog device. > > > > To resolve the issue, add a new device tree property > > "early-timeout-sec" which will let the kernel timer to ping the > > watchdog HW only as long as the specified timeout permits. The default > > is still to use kernel timer, but more strict behavior can be enabled > > via the device tree property. > > > > Signed-off-by: Timo Kokkonen <timo.kokkonen@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/watchdog.txt | 7 +++++++ > > drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c | 9 ++++++++- > > 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/watchdog.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/watchdog.txt > > index 7e3686c..32647cf 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/watchdog.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/watchdog.txt > > @@ -4,9 +4,16 @@ using these definitions. > > > > Optional properties: > > - timeout-sec: Contains the watchdog timeout in seconds. > > +- early-timeout-sec: If present, specifies a timeout value in seconds > > + that the driver keeps on ticking the watchdog HW on behalf of user > > + space. Once this timeout expires watchdog is left to expire in > > + timeout-sec seconds. If this propery is set to zero, watchdog is > > + started (or left running) so that a reset occurs in timeout-sec > > + since the watchdog was started. > > > > Example: > > > > watchdog { > > timeout-sec = <60>; > > + early-timeout-sec = <120>; > > That is not a generic property as you defined it; if so, > it would have to be implemented in the watchdog core code, > not in the at91 code. You'll have to document it in the bindings > description for at91sam9_wdt. Then, if this is a controller specific property, it should be defined with the 'atmel,' prefix. We're kind of looping here: the initial discussion was "is there a need for this property to be a generic one ?", and now you're saying no, while you previously left the door opened. Tomi is proposing a generic approach, as you asked him to. I agree that parsing the property in core code and making its value part of the generic watchdog struct makes sense (that's what I proposed to Tomi a few weeks ago). Anyway, I'm fine with both approaches (generic and controller specific), so I'll let you decide in the end. Best Regards, Boris -- Boris Brezillon, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com -- 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