On 11/18/2016 06:50 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
Make sure that the watchdog is not running after loading
and before it is started by opening /dev/watchdog.
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
I don't really like turning off the watchdog, but I guess it is the only
remedy we have if it doesn't tell us if it is running.
Guenter
---
drivers/watchdog/intel-mid_wdt.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/intel-mid_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/intel-mid_wdt.c
index db36d12..ff099a3 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/intel-mid_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/intel-mid_wdt.c
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ static int mid_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return ret;
}
+ /* Make sure the watchdog is not running */
+ wdt_stop(wdt_dev);
+
ret = watchdog_register_device(wdt_dev);
if (ret) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error registering watchdog device\n");
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