[PATCH v2] watchdog: rti_wdt: Drop RPM count when unused

[Guenter Roeck]

On 11/21/23 20:16, Vignesh Raghavendra wrote:
> Do a RPM put if watchdog is not already started during probe and re
> enable it in watchdog start.
> 
> On K3 SoCs, watchdogs and their corresponding CPUs are under same PD, so
> if the reference count of unused watchdogs aren't dropped, it will lead
> to CPU hotplug failures as Device Management firmware won't allow to
> turn off the PD due to dangling reference count.
> 
> Fixes: 2d63908bdbfb ("watchdog: Add K3 RTI watchdog support")
> Signed-off-by: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr at ti.com>

I always find it amazing that people think everyone would understand the TLAs
(three-letter-acronyms) they use. While those who don't might find it confusing
why a watchdog driver would need or want to drop rotation-per-minute counts,
and what that has to do with police departments, that isn't worth
arguing about

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux at roeck-us.net>

Guenter