[PATCH v2 0/9] watchdog: msc313e: Fix issues Sashiko reported
From: Tzung-Bi Shih
Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 12:16:43 EST
The series mainly fixes issues reported by Sashiko in [1][2][3].
Patch 1 fixes a report in [1]:
- "[High] Missing platform_set_drvdata() or dev_set_drvdata() in the
probe function leads to a guaranteed NULL pointer dereference during
suspend/resume operations."
Patch 2 fixes reports in both [2][3]:
- "[High] Potential division by zero during `max_timeout` calculation."
- "[High] Potential division by zero if clk_get_rate() returns 0."
Patch 3 fixes reports in both [2][3]:
- "Clock reference count leak and unintended hardware activation in
`msc313e_wdt_settimeout`."
- "[High] Repeatedly setting the watchdog timeout leaks clock prepare
and enable references, potentially leading to refcount overflow."
Patch 4 fixes a report in [1]:
- "[High] The driver accesses hardware registers without ensuring the
required clock is enabled, which can lead to a synchronous bus fault."
It also fixes a further report in [3]:
- "[Medium] Clock reference count is leaked on the probe error path if
watchdog registration fails."
Patch 5 fixes reports in both [2][3]:
- "[High] Hardware watchdog is not properly stopped during system
suspend if it was started by the bootloader but not opened by
userspace."
- "[High] System will unexpectedly reset during suspend if the hardware
watchdog is running but was never opened by userspace."
Patch 6 fixes an undefined behavior while I was reviewing the code.
Patch 7 fixes a report from a local AI tool. If WDT was running at
boot, the timeout value could be inconsistent with what the driver has.
Sync the value.
Patch 8 fixes a report in [2]:
- "[High] The resume callback ignores the return value of
msc313e_wdt_start()."
Patch 9 fixes a report in [2]:
- "[Low] Struct initialization uses commas instead of semicolons."
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260826062035.7645D1F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260827045746.C79091F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260827050107.9AD441F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
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Patch 1 seems to be applied[4]. But the tree isn't available yet. The
series still bases on current watchdog-next branch.
[4] https://lore.kernel.org/all/666397f1-ac63-4644-9de1-9f675d2a7f3a@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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v2:
- Add some more fixes to the series.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260827044700.554333-1-tzungbi@xxxxxxxxxx
Tzung-Bi Shih (9):
watchdog: msc313e: Fix NULL pointer dereference in PM callbacks
watchdog: msc313e: Avoid division by zero
watchdog: msc313e: Fix clock leak and spurious timer in settimeout()
watchdog: msc313e: Enable clock before accessing hardware registers
watchdog: msc313e: Fix spurious reset on suspend
watchdog: msc313e: Fix undefined behavior
watchdog: msc313e: Sync timeout value if WDT was running at boot
watchdog: msc313e: Propagate error code in resume()
watchdog: msc313e: Replace commas with semicolons in probe()
drivers/watchdog/msc313e_wdt.c | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
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