Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752564AbbFEEhM (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jun 2015 00:37:12 -0400 Received: from bh-25.webhostbox.net ([208.91.199.152]:39054 "EHLO bh-25.webhostbox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750714AbbFEEhI (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Jun 2015 00:37:08 -0400 Message-ID: <5571276F.5080405@roeck-us.net> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 21:37:03 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jean-Baptiste Theou , Wim Van Sebroeck CC: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] gpio_wdt: change initcall level References: <1433445690-22560-1-git-send-email-jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> In-Reply-To: <1433445690-22560-1-git-send-email-jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated_sender: linux@roeck-us.net X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - bh-25.webhostbox.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - roeck-us.net X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: bh-25.webhostbox.net: authenticated_id: linux@roeck-us.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4387 Lines: 146 On 06/04/2015 12:21 PM, Jean-Baptiste Theou wrote: > gpio_wdt may need to start the GPIO toggle as soon as possible, > when the watchdog cannot be disabled. Raise the initcall to > arch_initcall. > > We need to split the initiation, because of miscdev, as done in > mpc8xxx_wdt.c > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Baptiste Theou > --- > drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c > index cbc313d..8ecfe7e 100644 > --- a/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/gpio_wdt.c > @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ > #include > #include > #include > +#include > #include > #include > #include > @@ -223,10 +224,11 @@ static int gpio_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > > setup_timer(&priv->timer, gpio_wdt_hwping, (unsigned long)&priv->wdd); > > - ret = watchdog_register_device(&priv->wdd); > +#ifdef MODULE > + ret = gpio_wdt_init_late(); > if (ret) > return ret; > - > +#endif > priv->notifier.notifier_call = gpio_wdt_notify_sys; > ret = register_reboot_notifier(&priv->notifier); > if (ret) > @@ -235,10 +237,13 @@ static int gpio_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) > if (priv->always_running) > gpio_wdt_start_impl(priv); > > + platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv); > return 0; > > error_unregister: > - watchdog_unregister_device(&priv->wdd); > +#ifdef MODULE > + ret = gpio_wdt_remove_late(&priv->wdd); > +#endif > return ret; > } > > @@ -267,7 +272,72 @@ static struct platform_driver gpio_wdt_driver = { > .probe = gpio_wdt_probe, > .remove = gpio_wdt_remove, > }; > -module_platform_driver(gpio_wdt_driver); > + > +/* > + * We do wdt initialization in two steps: arch_initcall probes the wdt > + * very early to start pinging the watchdog (misc devices are not yet > + * available), and later module_init() just registers the misc device. > + */ > +static int gpio_wdt_init_late(void) > +{ > + struct platform_device *pdev; > + struct device_node *wdt_node; > + struct gpio_wdt_priv *priv; > + int ret; > + > + for_each_compatible_node(wdt_node, NULL, "linux,wdt-gpio") { > + pdev = of_find_device_by_node(wdt_node); > + priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); > + if (&priv->wdd) { > + ret = watchdog_register_device(&priv->wdd); > + if (ret) > + return ret; > + } else { > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to register the watchdog\n"); > + return -1; > + } > + } > + return 0; > +} > +#ifndef MODULE > +module_init(gpio_wdt_init_late); > +#endif > + > +#ifdef MODULE > +int gpio_wdt_remove_late(void) > +{ > + struct platform_device *pdev; > + struct device_node *wdt_node; > + struct gpio_wdt_priv *priv; > + int ret; > + > + for_each_compatible_node(wdt_node, NULL, "linux,wdt-gpio") { > + pdev = of_find_device_by_node(wdt_node); > + priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); > + if (&priv->wdd) { > + ret = watchdog_unregister_device(&priv->wdd); > + if (ret) > + return ret; > + } else { > + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to register the watchdog\n"); > + return -1; > + } > + } > + return 0; > +} > +#endif > + > +static int __init gpio_wdt_init(void) > +{ > + return platform_driver_register(&gpio_wdt_driver); > +} > +arch_initcall(gpio_wdt_init); > + > +static void __exit gpio_wdt_exit(void) > +{ > + platform_driver_unregister(&gpio_wdt_driver); > +} > +module_exit(gpio_wdt_exit); > > MODULE_AUTHOR("Alexander Shiyan "); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("GPIO Watchdog"); > This looks really messy, you don't explain why you think you need gpio_wdt_remove_late, and I do wonder if there are compile warnings when this is compiled as module. If, in a given system, initialization can not wait until modules are loaded, maybe it makes more sense to build the driver into the kernel instead of introducing all this mess. If built into the kernel the latency should not be that bad that this is really needed. Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/