[PATCH v2 1/2] watchdog: NXP LPC18xx Watchdog Timer Driver

[Guenter Roeck]

On 07/04/2015 07:06 PM, Ariel D'Alessandro wrote:
> Hi Joachim,
>
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>>> +
>>> +static int lpc18xx_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev)
>>> +{
>>> +       struct lpc18xx_wdt_dev *lpc18xx_wdt = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdt_dev);
>>> +       unsigned int val;
>>> +
>>> +       if (timer_pending(&lpc18xx_wdt->timer))
>>> +               del_timer(&lpc18xx_wdt->timer);
>>> +
>>> +       val = readl(lpc18xx_wdt->base + LPC18XX_WDT_MOD);
>>> +       val |= LPC18XX_WDT_MOD_WDEN;
>>> +       val |= LPC18XX_WDT_MOD_WDRESET;
>>> +       writel(val, lpc18xx_wdt->base + LPC18XX_WDT_MOD);
>>
>> R-M-W sequence should probably be protect with a lock.
>
> We can continue discussing this point on Ezequiel's response.
>

Please avoid unnecessary locks.

Thanks,
Guenter