Hi, On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:04:25 -0800 Guenter Roeck wrote: > Hi, > > On 1/24/19 11:52 PM, Jisheng Zhang wrote: > > Use devm_watchdog_register_device() to simplify the code. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <Jisheng.Zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c | 3 +-- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c > > index 501aebb5b81f..c053c2de5c2f 100644 > > --- a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c > > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c > > @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int dw_wdt_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > > > > watchdog_set_restart_priority(wdd, 128); > > > > - ret = watchdog_register_device(wdd); > > + ret = devm_watchdog_register_device(wdd); > > if (ret) > > goto out_disable_clk; > > > > @@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ static int dw_wdt_drv_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) > > { > > struct dw_wdt *dw_wdt = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); > > > > - watchdog_unregister_device(&dw_wdt->wdd); > > reset_control_assert(dw_wdt->rst); > > clk_disable_unprepare(dw_wdt->clk); > > > > > Unfortunately it isn't that easy. The other two calls have to be executed after > unregistering the watchdog, meaning you would have to add devm_add_action() > in the probe function to call them. do you mean reset_control_asser() and the clk_disable_unprepare()? If yes, does unregister the watchdog could trigger any register access? Per my understanding, there's no register access path in the unregister. Am I missing somthing? Thanks