On 14/09/2018 12:13:39+0200, Romain Izard wrote: > The specification for SAMA5D2 and SAMA5D4 chips, that use this IP for > their watchdog timer, has the following advice regarding the Mode Register: > > "When setting the WDDIS bit, and while it is set, the fields WDV and WDD > must not be modified." > > I have observed on a board based on a SAMA5D2 chip that using any other > timeout duration than the default 16s in the device tree will reset the > board when the watchdog device is opened; this is probably due to ignoring > the aforementioned constraint. > > To fix this, read the content of the Mode Register before writing it, > and split the access into two parts if WDV or WDD need to be changed. > Hum, that is really weird because when I developed 015b528644a84b0018d3286ecd6ea5f82dce0180, I tested with a program doing: flags = WDIOS_DISABLECARD; ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &flags); for (i = 16; i > 2; i--) { ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT, &i); } ioctl(fd, WDIOC_KEEPALIVE, &dummy); flags = WDIOS_ENABLECARD; ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETOPTIONS, &flags); for (i = 16; i > 2; i--) { ioctl(fd, WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT, &i); } This would immediately reproduce the reset when changing WDV/WDD with WDDIS set. I'll test again. > Signed-off-by: Romain Izard <romain.izard.pro@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++------- > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c > index 1e93c1b0e3cf..1e05268ad94b 100644 > --- a/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c > @@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, > "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default=" > __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")"); > > -#define wdt_enabled (!(wdt->mr & AT91_WDT_WDDIS)) > +#define wdt_enabled(reg) (!((reg) & AT91_WDT_WDDIS)) > + > +#define wdt_different_counters(reg_a, reg_b) \ > + (((reg_a) ^ (reg_b)) & (AT91_WDT_WDV | AT91_WDT_WDD)) > > #define wdt_read(wdt, field) \ > readl_relaxed((wdt)->reg_base + (field)) > @@ -78,8 +81,11 @@ static void wdt_write_nosleep(struct sama5d4_wdt *wdt, u32 field, u32 val) > static int sama5d4_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdd) > { > struct sama5d4_wdt *wdt = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdd); > + u32 reg = wdt_read(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR); > > wdt->mr &= ~AT91_WDT_WDDIS; > + if (!wdt_enabled(reg) && wdt_different_counters(reg, wdt->mr)) > + wdt_write(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR, reg & ~AT91_WDT_WDDIS); > wdt_write(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR, wdt->mr); > > return 0; > @@ -88,8 +94,11 @@ static int sama5d4_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdd) > static int sama5d4_wdt_stop(struct watchdog_device *wdd) > { > struct sama5d4_wdt *wdt = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdd); > + u32 reg = wdt_read(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR); > > wdt->mr |= AT91_WDT_WDDIS; > + if (wdt_enabled(reg) && wdt_different_counters(reg, wdt->mr)) > + wdt_write(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR, wdt->mr & ~AT91_WDT_WDDIS); > wdt_write(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR, wdt->mr); > > return 0; > @@ -122,7 +131,7 @@ static int sama5d4_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, > * If the watchdog is enabled, then the timeout can be updated. Else, > * wait that the user enables it. > */ > - if (wdt_enabled) > + if (wdt_enabled(wdt->mr)) > wdt_write(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR, wdt->mr & ~AT91_WDT_WDDIS); > > wdd->timeout = timeout; > @@ -186,13 +195,17 @@ static int sama5d4_wdt_init(struct sama5d4_wdt *wdt) > * If the watchdog is already running, we can safely update it. > * Else, we have to disable it properly. > */ > - if (wdt_enabled) { > + reg = wdt_read(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR); > + if (wdt_enabled(reg)) { > + if (!wdt_enabled(wdt->mr)) > + wdt_write_nosleep(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR, > + wdt->mr & ~AT91_WDT_WDDIS); > wdt_write_nosleep(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR, wdt->mr); > - } else { > - reg = wdt_read(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR); > - if (!(reg & AT91_WDT_WDDIS)) > + } else if (wdt_enabled(wdt->mr)) { > + if (wdt_different_counters(reg, wdt->mr)) > wdt_write_nosleep(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR, > - reg | AT91_WDT_WDDIS); > + reg & ~AT91_WDT_WDDIS); > + wdt_write_nosleep(wdt, AT91_WDT_MR, wdt->mr); > } > return 0; > } > -- > 2.17.1 > -- Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com