This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
watchdog: intel-mid_wdt: add MODULE_ALIAS() to allow auto-load
to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
watchdog-intel-mid_wdt-add-module_alias-to-allow-aut.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 87f8da3e95f4c5be5e60d44705d8ed696768b238
Author: Raag Jadav <raag.jadav@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Aug 11 17:32:20 2023 +0530
watchdog: intel-mid_wdt: add MODULE_ALIAS() to allow auto-load
[ Upstream commit cf38e7691c85f1b09973b22a0b89bf1e1228d2f9 ]
When built with CONFIG_INTEL_MID_WATCHDOG=m, currently the driver
needs to be loaded manually, for the lack of module alias.
This causes unintended resets in cases where watchdog timer is
set-up by bootloader and the driver is not explicitly loaded.
Add MODULE_ALIAS() to load the driver automatically at boot and
avoid this issue.
Fixes: 87a1ef8058d9 ("watchdog: add Intel MID watchdog driver support")
Signed-off-by: Raag Jadav <raag.jadav@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230811120220.31578-1-raag.jadav@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/intel-mid_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/intel-mid_wdt.c
index 72c108a12c19d..0dec3fba02b99 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/intel-mid_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/intel-mid_wdt.c
@@ -186,3 +186,4 @@ module_platform_driver(mid_wdt_driver);
MODULE_AUTHOR("David Cohen <david.a.cohen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Watchdog Driver for Intel MID platform");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:intel_mid_wdt");
