Re: [PATCH v1] watchdog: imx2_wdt: clear WDOG_HW_RUNNING before suspend

[Guenter Roeck]

On 5/11/21 4:20 AM, Robin Gong wrote:
> Since watchdog_ping_work is not freezable so that it maybe scheduled before
> imx2_wdt_resume where watchdog clock enabled, hence, kernel will hang in
> imx2_wdt_ping without clock, and then watchdog reset happen. Prevent the
> above case by clearing WDOG_HW_RUNNING before suspend, and restore it with
> ping in imx2_wdt_resume.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robin Gong <yibin.gong@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c | 8 ++++++++
>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
> index b84f80f..d3751e9 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/imx2_wdt.c
> @@ -357,6 +357,13 @@ static int __maybe_unused imx2_wdt_suspend(struct device *dev)
>   		 */
>   		__imx2_wdt_set_timeout(wdog, IMX2_WDT_MAX_TIME);
>   		imx2_wdt_ping(wdog);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * clear WDOG_HW_RUNNING to prevent watchdog_ping_work running
> +		 * before imx2_wdt_resume where clock enabled, otherwise kernel
> +		 * will hang and watchdog reset happen then.
> +		 */
> +		clear_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING, &wdog->status);
>   	}
>   
>   	clk_disable_unprepare(wdev->clk);
> @@ -386,6 +393,7 @@ static int __maybe_unused imx2_wdt_resume(struct device *dev)
>   	if (imx2_wdt_is_running(wdev)) {
>   		imx2_wdt_set_timeout(wdog, wdog->timeout);
>   		imx2_wdt_ping(wdog);
> +		set_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING, &wdog->status);
>   	}
>   
>   	return 0;
I really don't like this; it depends on assumptions how the watchdog
core works, and it misuses WDOG_HW_RUNNING to indicate that the clock
is stopped (or that the driver is in suspend mode).

If ping doesn't work with the clock stopped, I think it would be much
better to have a flag indicating that the clock is stopped, and have
the ping function do nothing if it is called with stopped clock
(ie if suspended).

Guenter