[PATCH v2] watchdog: wdat_wdt: map registers that fall inside ACPI NVS
From: Renê de Souza Pinto
Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 06:53:44 EST
Some firmwares describe WDAT registers inside memory ranges marked as
ACPI NVS in the E820 map, failing with -EBUSY during probe, leaving the
hardware watchdog unserviced and triggering periodic system resets.
This issue was observed on a OnLogic Karbon 524 device (when watchdog is
enabled in BIOS):
wdat_wdt wdat_wdt: error -EBUSY: can't request region for resource [mem 0x63df7a98]
wdat_wdt wdat_wdt: probe with driver wdat_wdt failed with error -16
Check whether the region falls inside ACPI NVS before requesting it and,
if so, map it without reservation.
Signed-off-by: Renê de Souza Pinto <rene@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/watchdog/wdat_wdt.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdat_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdat_wdt.c
index dd3c2d69c9df..55ea16e73652 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdat_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdat_wdt.c
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
*/
#include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/ioport.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/pm.h>
@@ -309,6 +311,29 @@ static struct watchdog_ops wdat_wdt_ops = {
.set_timeout = wdat_wdt_set_timeout,
};
+static void __iomem *wdat_wdt_map_mem(struct device *dev, struct resource *res)
+{
+ resource_size_t size = resource_size(res);
+ void *addr;
+
+ /* Map memory region without reserving it if it falls inside ACPI NVS */
+ if (region_intersects(res->start, size, IORESOURCE_MEM,
+ IORES_DESC_ACPI_NV_STORAGE) == REGION_INTERSECTS) {
+ dev_warn(dev, "%pR is inside ACPI NVS, mapping without reservation\n",
+ res);
+
+ addr = devm_memremap(dev, res->start, size, MEMREMAP_WB);
+ if (IS_ERR(addr)) {
+ dev_err(dev, "failed to map resource %pR\n", res);
+ return IOMEM_ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(addr));
+ }
+
+ return (void __iomem __force *)addr;
+ }
+
+ return devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
+}
+
static int wdat_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -362,7 +387,7 @@ static int wdat_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
res = &pdev->resource[i];
if (resource_type(res) == IORESOURCE_MEM) {
- reg = devm_ioremap_resource(dev, res);
+ reg = wdat_wdt_map_mem(dev, res);
if (IS_ERR(reg)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(reg);
goto out_put_table;
--
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