Re: [PATCH v2] watchdog: dw_wdt: ping watchdog to reset countdown before start

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Tue Jan 07 2020 - 13:26:56 EST


On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 03:51:55PM +0000, Jack Mitchell wrote:
> Currently on an rk3288 SoC when trying to use the watchdog the SoC will
> instantly reset. This is due to the watchdog countdown counter being set
> to its initial value of 0x0. Reset the watchdog counter before start in
> order to correctly start the countdown timer from the right position.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jack Mitchell <ml@xxxxxxxxxxx>

You sent this three times, one with v2, no explanation for v2.
On top of that, the To: destination is messed up in all three versions.
Excellent example for how not to send a patch.

Anyway,

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
> index fef7c61f5555..4a902d015bc2 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/dw_wdt.c
> @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ static int dw_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> struct dw_wdt *dw_wdt = to_dw_wdt(wdd);
>
> dw_wdt_set_timeout(wdd, wdd->timeout);
> + dw_wdt_ping(&dw_wdt->wdd);
> dw_wdt_arm_system_reset(dw_wdt);
>
> return 0;
> --
> 2.24.1
>