[PATCH] watchdog: stm32_iwdg: initialize default timeout
Guenter Roeck
linux at roeck-us.net
Wed Feb 28 10:36:31 PST 2024
On 2/28/24 10:27, Ben Wolsieffer wrote:
> The driver never sets a default timeout value, therefore it is
> initialized to zero. When CONFIG_WATCHDOG_HANDLE_BOOT_ENABLED is
> enabled, the watchdog is started during probe. The kernel is supposed to
> automatically ping the watchdog from this point until userspace takes
> over, but this does not happen if the configured timeout is zero. A zero
> timeout causes watchdog_need_worker() to return false, so the heartbeat
> worker does not run and the system therefore resets soon after the
> driver is probed.
>
> This patch fixes this by setting an arbitrary non-zero default timeout.
> The default could be read from the hardware instead, but I didn't see
> any reason to add this complexity.
>
> This has been tested on an STM32F746.
>
> Fixes: 85fdc63fe256 ("drivers: watchdog: stm32_iwdg: set WDOG_HW_RUNNING at probe")
> Signed-off-by: Ben Wolsieffer <ben.wolsieffer at hefring.com>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux at roeck-us.net>
> ---
> drivers/watchdog/stm32_iwdg.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/stm32_iwdg.c b/drivers/watchdog/stm32_iwdg.c
> index d9fd50df9802..5404e0387620 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/stm32_iwdg.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/stm32_iwdg.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> #include <linux/watchdog.h>
>
> +#define DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 10
> +
> /* IWDG registers */
> #define IWDG_KR 0x00 /* Key register */
> #define IWDG_PR 0x04 /* Prescaler Register */
> @@ -248,6 +250,7 @@ static int stm32_iwdg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> wdd->parent = dev;
> wdd->info = &stm32_iwdg_info;
> wdd->ops = &stm32_iwdg_ops;
> + wdd->timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
> wdd->min_timeout = DIV_ROUND_UP((RLR_MIN + 1) * PR_MIN, wdt->rate);
> wdd->max_hw_heartbeat_ms = ((RLR_MAX + 1) * wdt->data->max_prescaler *
> 1000) / wdt->rate;
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