Re: [PATCH 2/4] watchdog: jz4740: Avoid starting watchdog in set_timeout

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Tue May 28 2019 - 15:30:28 EST


On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 05:53:11PM +0200, Paul Cercueil wrote:
> Previously the jz4740_wdt_set_timeout() function was starting the timer
> unconditionally, even if it was stopped when that function was entered.
>
> Now, the timer will be restarted only if it was already running before
> this function is called.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Comment inline, but not worth a respin (and I don't have a good idea how to
improve it).

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
> index 51be321c775a..f970a7a53084 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/jz4740_wdt.c
> @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static int jz4740_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev,
> unsigned int rtc_clk_rate;
> unsigned int timeout_value;
> unsigned short clock_div = JZ_WDT_CLOCK_DIV_1;
> + u8 tcer;
>
> rtc_clk_rate = clk_get_rate(drvdata->rtc_clk);
>
> @@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ static int jz4740_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev,
> clock_div += (1 << TCU_TCSR_PRESCALE_LSB);
> }
>
> + tcer = readb(drvdata->base + TCU_REG_WDT_TCER);
> writeb(0x0, drvdata->base + TCU_REG_WDT_TCER);
> writew(clock_div, drvdata->base + TCU_REG_WDT_TCSR);
>
> @@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ static int jz4740_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev,
> writew(0x0, drvdata->base + TCU_REG_WDT_TCNT);
> writew(clock_div | JZ_WDT_CLOCK_RTC, drvdata->base + TCU_REG_WDT_TCSR);
>
> - writeb(0x1, drvdata->base + TCU_REG_WDT_TCER);
> + writeb(tcer & TCU_WDT_TCER_TCEN, drvdata->base + TCU_REG_WDT_TCER);

This unnecessarily writes 0 if the timer is not running.

>
> wdt_dev->timeout = new_timeout;
> return 0;
> @@ -107,8 +109,11 @@ static int jz4740_wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev,
>
> static int jz4740_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev)
> {
> + struct jz4740_wdt_drvdata *drvdata = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdt_dev);
> +
> jz4740_timer_enable_watchdog();
> jz4740_wdt_set_timeout(wdt_dev, wdt_dev->timeout);
> + writeb(TCU_WDT_TCER_TCEN, drvdata->base + TCU_REG_WDT_TCER);

This unnecessarily enables the timer even if it is already enabled (that should not
happen, but does if the watchdog is already running at boot).

>
> return 0;
> }
> --
> 2.21.0.593.g511ec345e18
>