Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] watchdog: meson_gxbb_wdt: remove stop_on_reboot

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 12:13:55PM +0800, Artem Lapkin wrote:
> Remove watchdog_stop_on_reboot()
> 
> Meson platform still have some hardware drivers problems for some
> configurations which can freeze device on shutdown/reboot stage and i
> think better to have reboot warranty by default.
> 
> I feel that it is important to keep the watchdog running during the
> reboot sequence, in the event that an abnormal driver freezes the reboot
> process.
> 
> This is my personal opinion and I hope the driver authors will agree
> with my proposal, or just ignore this commit if not.
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-watchdog/20210729072308.1908904-1-art@khadas.com/T/#t
> 

A much better description would be something like

"The Meson platform still has some hardware drivers problems for some
 configurations which can freeze devices on shutdown/reboot.
 Remove watchdog_stop_on_reboot() to catch this situation and ensure
 that the reboot happens anyway.
 Users who still want to stop the watchdog on reboot can still do so
 using the watchdog.stop_on_reboot=1 module parameter.
 "

That leaves the personal opinion out of the picture and provides both
a rationale for the change and an alternative for people who want
to stop the watchdog on reboot anyway.

> Signed-off-by: Artem Lapkin <art@khadas.com>

As mentioned, I'd still like to get an opinion from the driver
author and/or some other users of this platform. However, I'll
accept the patch with the above description change if I don't get
additional feedback.

Thanks,
Guenter

> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c
> index 945f5e65db57..d3c9e2f6e63b 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/meson_gxbb_wdt.c
> @@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ static int meson_gxbb_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	meson_gxbb_wdt_set_timeout(&data->wdt_dev, data->wdt_dev.timeout);
>  
> -	watchdog_stop_on_reboot(&data->wdt_dev);
>  	return devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, &data->wdt_dev);
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>