Re: [PATCH 2/2] drivers: watchdog: marvell_gti: Program the max_hw_heartbeat_ms

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Wed Oct 11 2023 - 10:51:40 EST


On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 10:10:37AM +0530, Bharat Bhushan wrote:
> From: George Cherian <george.cherian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Program the max_hw_heartbeat_ms value so that the watchdog_pretimeout
> worker is activated. This kernel worker thread makes sure to ping the
> watchdog in case the userspace is unable to do so. This kernel worker
> ping will be done only till the full watchdog timeout there by
> maintaining the watchdog functionality in case of a real hang.
>
> Signed-off-by: George Cherian <george.cherian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bharat Bhushan <bbhushan2@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/watchdog/marvell_gti_wdt.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/marvell_gti_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/marvell_gti_wdt.c
> index 25b7ce0f0738..bfe0c819248c 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/marvell_gti_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/marvell_gti_wdt.c
> @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ static int gti_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> /* Maximum timeout is 3 times the pretimeout */
> wdog_dev->max_timeout = max_pretimeout * 3;
> + wdog_dev->max_hw_heartbeat_ms = max_pretimeout * 1000;
> /* Minimum first timeout (pretimeout) is 1, so min_timeout as 3 */
> wdog_dev->min_timeout = 3;
> wdog_dev->timeout = wdog_dev->pretimeout;
> --
> 2.34.1
>