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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] watchdog: add new parameter to start the watchdog on
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To:     Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@asem.it>,
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On 4/9/21 2:34 AM, Flavio Suligoi wrote:
> The new parameter "start_enabled" starts the watchdog at the same time
> of the module insertion.
> This feature is very useful in embedded systems, to avoid cases where
> the system hangs before reaching userspace.
> 
> This function can be also enabled in the kernel config, so can be
> used when the watchdog driver is build as built-in.
> 
> This parameter involves the "core" section of the watchdog driver;
> in this way it is common for all the watchdog hardware implementations.
> 
> Note: to use only for watchdog drivers which doesn't support this
>       parameter by itself.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@asem.it>
> ---
>  Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst |  5 +++++
>  drivers/watchdog/Kconfig                       | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c               | 12 ++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
> index 223c99361a30..623fd064df91 100644
> --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
> @@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ watchdog core:
>  	timeout. Setting this to a non-zero value can be useful to ensure that
>  	either userspace comes up properly, or the board gets reset and allows
>  	fallback logic in the bootloader to try something else.
> +    start_enabled:
> +	Watchdog is started on module insertion. This option can be also
> +	selected by kernel config (default=kernel config parameter).
> +	Use only for watchdog drivers which doesn't support this parameter
> +	by itself.

Why ?

>  
>  -------------------------------------------------
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> index 0470dc15c085..c2a668d6bbbc 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> @@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ config WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
>  	  get killed. If you say Y here, the watchdog cannot be stopped once
>  	  it has been started.
>  
> +config WATCHDOG_START_ENABLED
> +	bool "Start watchdog on module insertion"
> +	help
> +	  Say Y if you want to start the watchdog at the same time when the
> +	  driver is loaded.
> +	  This feature is very useful in embedded systems, to avoid cases where
> +	  the system could hang before reaching userspace.
> +	  This parameter involves the "core" section of the watchdog driver,
> +	  in this way it is common for all the watchdog hardware
> +	  implementations.

"This parameter applies to all watchdog drivers.". The rest is implementation
detail and irrelevant here.

> +
> +	  Note: to use only for watchdog drivers which doesn't support this
> +	        parameter by itself.
> +

This comment is quite useless in the Kconfig description. If enabled, it is enabled,
period.

>  config WATCHDOG_HANDLE_BOOT_ENABLED
>  	bool "Update boot-enabled watchdog until userspace takes over"
>  	default y
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> index 5df0a22e2cb4..5052ae355219 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ static int stop_on_reboot = -1;
>  module_param(stop_on_reboot, int, 0444);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(stop_on_reboot, "Stop watchdogs on reboot (0=keep watching, 1=stop)");
>  
> +static bool start_enabled = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_START_ENABLED);
> +module_param(start_enabled, bool, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(start_enabled, "Start watchdog on module insertion (default="
> +	__MODULE_STRING(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_START_ENABLED)) ")");
> +
>  /*
>   * Deferred Registration infrastructure.
>   *
> @@ -224,6 +229,13 @@ static int __watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
>  	 * corrupted in a later stage then we expect a kernel panic!
>  	 */
>  
> +	/* If required, start the watchdog immediately */
> +	if (start_enabled) {
> +		set_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING, &wdd->status);
> +		wdd->ops->start(wdd);
> +		pr_info("Watchdog enabled\n");
> +	}
> +
>  	/* Use alias for watchdog id if possible */
>  	if (wdd->parent) {
>  		ret = of_alias_get_id(wdd->parent->of_node, "watchdog");
>