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Date:   Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:17:58 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Cc:     Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com>,
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        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/16] watchdog: hpwdt: drop warning after calling
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On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 09:45:28PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> 
> > Yes, that works as well. Note that it will actually print something like
> > "watchdog: <device>: ..." due to the pr_fmt() at the top of watchdog_core.c.
> > I guess that should be ok.
> 
> I have the following diff applied on top of patch 2. Works with and
> without a parent device. I am not super happy casting 'identity' but
> since its u8-type is exported to userspace, I think we can't avoid it.
> Guenter, is this cast safe? Here is the diff:
> 
I would think it is safe, but question is if it is it needed - ie do you see
a warning if it isn't there ? Presumably yes; if so, let's just do it.

Thanks,
Guenter

> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> index cd3ca6b366ef..62be9e52a4de 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> @@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ static void watchdog_check_min_max_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
>  int watchdog_init_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
>  				unsigned int timeout_parm, struct device *dev)
>  {
> +	const char *dev_str = wdd->parent ? dev_name(wdd->parent) :
> +			      (const char *)wdd->info->identity;
>  	unsigned int t = 0;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
> @@ -126,8 +128,8 @@ int watchdog_init_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
>  			wdd->timeout = timeout_parm;
>  			return 0;
>  		}
> -		dev_err(dev, "driver supplied timeout (%u) out of range\n",
> -			timeout_parm);
> +		pr_err("%s: driver supplied timeout (%u) out of range\n",
> +			dev_str, timeout_parm);
>  		ret = -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -138,12 +140,13 @@ int watchdog_init_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
>  			wdd->timeout = t;
>  			return 0;
>  		}
> -		dev_err(dev, "DT supplied timeout (%u) out of range\n", t);
> +		pr_err("%s: DT supplied timeout (%u) out of range\n", dev_str, t);
>  		ret = -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (ret < 0 && wdd->timeout)
> -		dev_warn(dev, "falling back to default timeout (%u)\n", wdd->timeout);
> +		pr_warn("%s: falling back to default timeout (%u)\n", dev_str,
> +			wdd->timeout);
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
>