Re: [PATCH 3/7] watchdog: s3c2410: Make reset disable optional

From: Krzysztof Kozlowski
Date: Fri Oct 29 2021 - 04:04:52 EST


On 29/10/2021 02:16, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 10/28/21 11:35 AM, Sam Protsenko wrote:
>> Not all SoCs have AUTOMATIC_WDT_RESET_DISABLE register, examples are
>> Exynos850 and Exynos9. On such chips reset disable register shouldn't be
>> accessed. Provide a way to avoid handling that register. This is done by
>> introducing separate callbacks to driver data structure: one for reset
>> disable register, and one for mask reset register. Now those callbacks
>> can be checked and called only when those were set in driver data.
>>
>> This commit doesn't bring any functional change to existing devices, but
>> merely provides an infrastructure for upcoming chips support.
>>
>
> That doesn't explain why the callbacks are needed instead of additional
> feature flags.
>

Or why not skipping the disable operations if disable_reg is not provided?


Best regards,
Krzysztof