Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] watchdog: meson_gxbb_wdt: remove stop_on_reboot

[Neil Armstrong]

Hi Guenter,

On 30/07/2021 06:58, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 12:13:55PM +0800, Artem Lapkin wrote:
>> Remove watchdog_stop_on_reboot()
>>
>> Meson platform still have some hardware drivers problems for some
>> configurations which can freeze device on shutdown/reboot stage and i
>> think better to have reboot warranty by default.
>>
>> I feel that it is important to keep the watchdog running during the
>> reboot sequence, in the event that an abnormal driver freezes the reboot
>> process.
>>
>> This is my personal opinion and I hope the driver authors will agree
>> with my proposal, or just ignore this commit if not.
>>
>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-watchdog/20210729072308.1908904-1-art@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
>>
> 
> A much better description would be something like
> 
> "The Meson platform still has some hardware drivers problems for some
>  configurations which can freeze devices on shutdown/reboot.
>  Remove watchdog_stop_on_reboot() to catch this situation and ensure
>  that the reboot happens anyway.
>  Users who still want to stop the watchdog on reboot can still do so
>  using the watchdog.stop_on_reboot=1 module parameter.
>  "
> 
> That leaves the personal opinion out of the picture and provides both
> a rationale for the change and an alternative for people who want
> to stop the watchdog on reboot anyway.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Artem Lapkin <art@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> As mentioned, I'd still like to get an opinion from the driver
> author and/or some other users of this platform. However, I'll
> accept the patch with the above description change if I don't get
> additional feedback.

Sorry for the reply delay and thanks a lot for your review.

The rationale from Artem is OK for me.

Please add my Acked-by for the whole patchset.

Neil

> 
> Thanks,
> Guenter
> 
>> ---
>>  drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c | 1 -
>>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c
>> index 945f5e65db57..d3c9e2f6e63b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c
>> @@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ static int meson_gxbb_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  
>>  	meson_gxbb_wdt_set_timeout(&data->wdt_dev, data->wdt_dev.timeout);
>>  
>> -	watchdog_stop_on_reboot(&data->wdt_dev);
>>  	return devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, &data->wdt_dev);
>>  }
>>  
>> -- 
>> 2.25.1
>>