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Date:   Thu, 22 Dec 2022 16:55:14 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To:     Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wei=DFschuh?= <linux@weissschuh.net>
Cc:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: wdat_wdt: Avoid unimplemented get_timeleft
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On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 11:43:31PM +0000, Thomas Wei?schuh wrote:
> As per the specification the action QUERY_COUNTDOWN_PERIOD is optional.
> If the action is not implemented by the physical device the driver would
> always report "0" from get_timeleft().
> Avoid confusing userspace by only providing get_timeleft() when
> implemented by the hardware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Wei?schuh <linux@weissschuh.net>

Assuming that there can be only one of those watchdogs in the system,

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>

Guenter

> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/wdat_wdt.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdat_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdat_wdt.c
> index ce7a4a9e4b03..0ba99bed59fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/wdat_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdat_wdt.c
> @@ -301,13 +301,12 @@ static const struct watchdog_info wdat_wdt_info = {
>  	.identity = "wdat_wdt",
>  };
>  
> -static const struct watchdog_ops wdat_wdt_ops = {
> +static struct watchdog_ops wdat_wdt_ops = {
>  	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
>  	.start = wdat_wdt_start,
>  	.stop = wdat_wdt_stop,
>  	.ping = wdat_wdt_ping,
>  	.set_timeout = wdat_wdt_set_timeout,
> -	.get_timeleft = wdat_wdt_get_timeleft,
>  };
>  
>  static int wdat_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> @@ -436,6 +435,9 @@ static int wdat_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		list_add_tail(&instr->node, instructions);
>  	}
>  
> +	if (wdat->instructions[ACPI_WDAT_GET_CURRENT_COUNTDOWN])
> +		wdat_wdt_ops.get_timeleft = wdat_wdt_get_timeleft;
> +
>  	wdat_wdt_boot_status(wdat);
>  	wdat_wdt_set_running(wdat);
>  
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 0a924817d2ed9396401e0557c6134276d2e26382
> change-id: 20221221-wdat_wdt-timeleft-b38d0db39d9f
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Thomas Wei?schuh <linux@weissschuh.net>