[PATCHv2 0/3] watchdog: sama5d4: fix IRQ and timeout bugs, use platform_get_irq_optional

Rosen Penev rosenp at gmail.com
Mon Jun 8 13:42:44 PDT 2026


On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM Nicolas Ferre
<nicolas.ferre at microchip.com> wrote:
>
> On 08/06/2026 at 13:09, Rosen Penev wrote:
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> > This series fixes three issues in the sama5d4 watchdog driver:
> >
> > Patch 1: Return IRQ_NONE when the status register indicates no watchdog
> > interrupt is pending, and pass the configured timeout (not the hardcoded
> > default) to sama5d4_wdt_init().
> >
> > Patch 2: Replace irq_of_parse_and_map() with platform_get_irq_optional()
> > for simpler error handling and EPROBE_DEFER support.
> >
> > Patch 3: Move platform_set_drvdata() before devm_request_irq() to prevent
> > a NULL pointer dereference in the interrupt handler if the shared System
> > IRQ fires immediately after registration.
> >
> > v2: address sashiko review
>
> Rosen,
>
> I'd like to hear how these issues where found and how the patches were
> tested.
They were not. Maintainer has explicitly asked me to fix issues
discovered by https://sashiko.dev

I originally only had patch 2, which is true of multiple places.
>
> Best regards,
>    Nicolas
>
> > Rosen Penev (3):
> >    watchdog: sama5d4: fix shared IRQ and hardcoded timeout issues
> >    watchdog: sama5d4: use platform_get_irq_optional()
> >    watchdog: sama5d4: fix NULL deref in irq handler
> >
> >   drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++---------------
> >   1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >
> > --
> > 2.54.0
> >
>



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