Re: [PATCH] rtc: ds1374: wdt:support suspend/resume for watchdog

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Thu Oct 12 2017 - 10:12:32 EST


On 10/12/2017 06:40 AM, 刘稳 wrote:










At 2017-10-10 23:05:14, "Guenter Roeck" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 03:51:34PM +0200, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
On 10/10/2017 at 06:41:15 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
On 10/10/2017 06:12 AM, winton.liu wrote:
When enable CONFIG_RTC_DRV_DS1374_WDT use as watchdog,
in suspend mode, watchdog is still working but no daemon
patting the watchdog. The system will reboot if timeout.

Add support suspend/resume for watchdog.
suspend: disable the watchdog
resume: disable existing watchdog, reload watchdog timer, enable watchdog

Signed-off-by: winton.liu <18502523564@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
index 38a2e9e..642e31d 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
@@ -437,6 +437,29 @@ static void ds1374_wdt_ping(void)
pr_info("WD TICK FAIL!!!!!!!!!! %i\n", ret);
}
+static void ds1374_wdt_resume(void)
+{
+ int ret = -ENOIOCTLCMD;

Useless initialization (yes, I can see that this is widely done in the driver,
but that doesn't make it better).

Yes, I think this is useless. The original ds1374_wdt_disable has the same issue.

That doesn't make it better and is not an argument.

+ int cr;
+
+ cr = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(save_client, DS1374_REG_CR);
+
+ /* Disable any existing watchdog/alarm before setting the new one */
+ cr &= ~DS1374_REG_CR_WACE;
+
+ i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(save_client, DS1374_REG_CR, cr);
+
+ /* Reload watchdog timer */
+ ds1374_wdt_ping();
+
+ /* Enable watchdog timer */
+ cr |= DS1374_REG_CR_WACE | DS1374_REG_CR_WDALM;
+ cr &= ~DS1374_REG_CR_AIE;
+
+ ret = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(save_client, DS1374_REG_CR, cr);
+
Extra empty line. Also, returns void, so what is the point of assigning
the result to ret ?

+}

Unless I am missing something, this unconditionally starts the watchdog
at resume time. So if it was not running before, it will be started anyway,
and the system will reboot since there will be no ping.

This driver starts watchdog by default. In probe watchdog starts:
#ifdef CONFIG_RTC_DRV_DS1374_WDT
save_client = client;
ret = misc_register(&ds1374_miscdev);
if (ret)
return ret;
ret = register_reboot_notifier(&ds1374_wdt_notifier);
if (ret) {
misc_deregister(&ds1374_miscdev);
return ret;
}
ds1374_wdt_settimeout(131072); //Here starts watchdog

Meaning the system will reboot unless the watchdog device is opened ?
Weird, and conceptually wrong.

What if the watchdog device is stopped explicitly by the watchdog demon ?

#endif
And userspace watchdogd will ping.

Also, I'm still not convinced this is the right thing to do. I have seen
many systems were it was desirable to let the watchdog run while the
system is suspended. It ensures it will either wake up or reboot. If you
don't want that, why not disabling the watchdog from userspace before
going to suspend?


Usually watchdog drivers supporting suspend/resume do handle it this way.
Maybe that depends on the HW. Expecting user space to do it makes it
even more racy than it already is, since there is no watchdog protection
after it has been disabled, so I am not sure if that is really better.
Does anyone happen to know if/how systemd and watchdogd are handling
this situation ?

I assume it is guaranteed that the chip doesn't forget the previously
configured timeout on resume.

Overall the driver would really benefit from a conversion to the watchdog
subsystem.


That is the point of https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-watchdog/msg12095.html

Ah, yes, and I even provided feedback. Hope I didn't miss an updated
version of that patch. Either case, seems to me we should wait for that
patch to make it in before accepting any further changes to the driver.

Is this multi function patch has any update ? If not, could my patch be acceptable before moving to watchdog subsystem.(I could update a new patch for your suggestion)?
Because current kernel using ds1374 for watchdog. If the device need suspend, there will be a reboot issue.

Only if CONFIG_RTC_DRV_DS1374_WDT is enabled, and then it appears the driver
has other problems such as unconditionally enabling the watchdog.
Given that, I am not in favor of temporary changes.

Guenter