Re: [PATCH] watchdog: aspeed: Add sysfs attributes for reset mask bits

[Andrew Jeffery]

On Thu, 2023-09-21 at 18:35 -0700, Zev Weiss wrote:
> The AST2500 and AST2600 watchdog timers provide the ability to control
> which devices are reset by the watchdog timer via a reset mask
> resgister.  Previously the driver ignored that register, leaving
> whatever configuration it found at boot and offering no way of
> altering its settings.  Add a 'reset_ctrl' sysfs subdirectory with a
> file per bit so that userspace can determine which devices the reset
> is applied to.
> 
> Note that not all bits in the hardware register are exposed -- in
> particular, the ARM CPU and SOC/misc reset bits are left hidden since
> clearing them can render the system unable to reboot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zev Weiss <zev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> I'm porting OpenBMC to a platform that requires that the LPC controller remain
> un-reset by a BMC reboot.  With this patch userspace can control the reset
> mask of the Aspeed watchdog timer, with a few bits remaining unexposed so as
> to prevent some almost-certainly undesirable situations.  If there are other
> bits that people feel shouldn't be exposed (or conversely if someone feels
> strongly that the "dangerous" bits _should_ be exposed) I can adjust
> accordingly.


Is there a reason this has to be managed by userspace? It sounds a lot
like a property of platform design, in which case exposing this feature
in the devicetree might be a better approach.

Andrew