From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756514AbcBESVJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Feb 2016 13:21:09 -0500 Received: from mail-oi0-f43.google.com ([209.85.218.43]:36763 "EHLO mail-oi0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756348AbcBESVF (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Feb 2016 13:21:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <56B4B4E2.40105@roeck-us.net> References: <1454519923-25230-1-git-send-email-fu.wei@linaro.org> <1454519923-25230-6-git-send-email-fu.wei@linaro.org> <56B23883.7000501@codeaurora.org> <56B23E99.1030604@codeaurora.org> <56B2423B.1020109@codeaurora.org> <56B24642.8090105@codeaurora.org> <56B24AB5.3070001@codeaurora.org> <56B2DEE4.7060901@roeck-us.net> <56B4B4E2.40105@roeck-us.net> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 02:21:04 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 5/5] Watchdog: ARM SBSA Generic Watchdog half timeout panic support From: Fu Wei To: Guenter Roeck Cc: Timur Tabi , Rob Herring , =?UTF-8?Q?Pawe=C5=82_Moll?= , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , Kumar Gala , Wim Van Sebroeck , Jon Corbet , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Suravee Suthikulpanit , LKML , linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Linaro ACPI Mailman List , rruigrok@codeaurora.org, "Abdulhamid, Harb" , Christopher Covington , Dave Young , Pratyush Anand , G Gregory , Al Stone , Hanjun Guo , Jon Masters , Arnd Bergmann , Leo Duran , Sudeep Holla Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 5 February 2016 at 22:42, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On 02/05/2016 01:51 AM, Fu Wei wrote: >> >> Hi Guenter, >> >> On 4 February 2016 at 13:17, Guenter Roeck wrote: >>> >>> On 02/03/2016 03:00 PM, Fu Wei wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4 February 2016 at 02:45, Timur Tabi wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Fu Wei wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> As you know I have made the pre-timeout support patch, If people like >>>>>> it, i am happy to go on upstream it separately. >>>>>> >>>>>> If we want to use pre-timeout here, user only can use get_pretimeout >>>>>> and disable panic by setting pretimeout to 0 >>>>>> but user can not really set pretimeout, because "pre-timeout == >>>>>> timeout / 2 (always)". >>>>>> if user want to change pretimeout, he/she has to set_time instead. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ok, I think patches 4 and 5 should be combined, and I think the Kconfig >>>>> entry should be removed and just use panic_enabled. >>> >>> >>> >>> Agreed. >> >> >> np, will do >> >>>> >>>> >>>> NP, will update this patchset like that , thanks :-) >>>> >>> >>> Also, if panic is enabled, the timeout needs to be adjusted accordingly >>> (to only panic after the entire timeout period has expired, not after >>> half of it). We can not panic the system after timeout / 2. >> >> >> OK, my thought is >> >> if panic is enabled : >> |--------WOR-------WS0--------WOR-------WS1 >> |------timeout------(panic)------timeout-----reset >> >> if panic is disabled . >> |--------WOR-------WS0--------WOR-------WS1 >> |---------------------timeout---------------------reset >> >> panic_enabled only can be configured when module is loaded by module >> parameter >> >> But user should know that max_timeout(panic_enable) = >> max_timeout(panic_disable) / 2 >> > > That means you'll have to update max_timeout accordingly. panic_enabled only can be configured when module is loaded, so we don't need to update it. max_timeout will only be set up in the init stage. Does it make sense ? :-) > >>> >>> I am not too happy with the parameter name (panic_enabled). How about >>> "action", to match machzwd ? >> >> >> yes, makes sense. Maybe we can do something like this: >> >> /* >> * action refers to action taken when watchdog gets WS0 >> * 0 = SKIP >> * 1 = PANIC >> * defaults to SKIP (0) >> */ >> static int action; >> module_param(action, int, 0); >> MODULE_PARM_DESC(action, "after watchdog gets WS0 interrupt, do: " >> "0 = SKIP(*) 1 = PANIC"); >> > Yes, though I would suggest to use lower case letters. yes, NP, will do , Thanks :-) > > Thanks, > Guenter > -- Best regards, Fu Wei Software Engineer Red Hat Software (Beijing) Co.,Ltd.Shanghai Branch Ph: +86 21 61221326(direct) Ph: +86 186 2020 4684 (mobile) Room 1512, Regus One Corporate Avenue,Level 15, One Corporate Avenue,222 Hubin Road,Huangpu District, Shanghai,China 200021 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fu Wei Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 5/5] Watchdog: ARM SBSA Generic Watchdog half timeout panic support Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 02:21:04 +0800 Message-ID: References: <1454519923-25230-1-git-send-email-fu.wei@linaro.org> <1454519923-25230-6-git-send-email-fu.wei@linaro.org> <56B23883.7000501@codeaurora.org> <56B23E99.1030604@codeaurora.org> <56B2423B.1020109@codeaurora.org> <56B24642.8090105@codeaurora.org> <56B24AB5.3070001@codeaurora.org> <56B2DEE4.7060901@roeck-us.net> <56B4B4E2.40105@roeck-us.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <56B4B4E2.40105@roeck-us.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Guenter Roeck Cc: Timur Tabi , Rob Herring , =?UTF-8?Q?Pawe=C5=82_Moll?= , Mark Rutland , Ian Campbell , Kumar Gala , Wim Van Sebroeck , Jon Corbet , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Suravee Suthikulpanit , LKML , linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Linaro ACPI Mailman List , rruigrok@codeaurora.org, "Abdulhamid, Harb" , Christopher Covington , Dave Young , Pratyush Anand , G Gregory , Al List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On 5 February 2016 at 22:42, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On 02/05/2016 01:51 AM, Fu Wei wrote: >> >> Hi Guenter, >> >> On 4 February 2016 at 13:17, Guenter Roeck wrote: >>> >>> On 02/03/2016 03:00 PM, Fu Wei wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4 February 2016 at 02:45, Timur Tabi wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Fu Wei wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> As you know I have made the pre-timeout support patch, If people like >>>>>> it, i am happy to go on upstream it separately. >>>>>> >>>>>> If we want to use pre-timeout here, user only can use get_pretimeout >>>>>> and disable panic by setting pretimeout to 0 >>>>>> but user can not really set pretimeout, because "pre-timeout == >>>>>> timeout / 2 (always)". >>>>>> if user want to change pretimeout, he/she has to set_time instead. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ok, I think patches 4 and 5 should be combined, and I think the Kconfig >>>>> entry should be removed and just use panic_enabled. >>> >>> >>> >>> Agreed. >> >> >> np, will do >> >>>> >>>> >>>> NP, will update this patchset like that , thanks :-) >>>> >>> >>> Also, if panic is enabled, the timeout needs to be adjusted accordingly >>> (to only panic after the entire timeout period has expired, not after >>> half of it). We can not panic the system after timeout / 2. >> >> >> OK, my thought is >> >> if panic is enabled : >> |--------WOR-------WS0--------WOR-------WS1 >> |------timeout------(panic)------timeout-----reset >> >> if panic is disabled . >> |--------WOR-------WS0--------WOR-------WS1 >> |---------------------timeout---------------------reset >> >> panic_enabled only can be configured when module is loaded by module >> parameter >> >> But user should know that max_timeout(panic_enable) = >> max_timeout(panic_disable) / 2 >> > > That means you'll have to update max_timeout accordingly. panic_enabled only can be configured when module is loaded, so we don't need to update it. max_timeout will only be set up in the init stage. Does it make sense ? :-) > >>> >>> I am not too happy with the parameter name (panic_enabled). How about >>> "action", to match machzwd ? >> >> >> yes, makes sense. Maybe we can do something like this: >> >> /* >> * action refers to action taken when watchdog gets WS0 >> * 0 = SKIP >> * 1 = PANIC >> * defaults to SKIP (0) >> */ >> static int action; >> module_param(action, int, 0); >> MODULE_PARM_DESC(action, "after watchdog gets WS0 interrupt, do: " >> "0 = SKIP(*) 1 = PANIC"); >> > Yes, though I would suggest to use lower case letters. yes, NP, will do , Thanks :-) > > Thanks, > Guenter > -- Best regards, Fu Wei Software Engineer Red Hat Software (Beijing) Co.,Ltd.Shanghai Branch Ph: +86 21 61221326(direct) Ph: +86 186 2020 4684 (mobile) Room 1512, Regus One Corporate Avenue,Level 15, One Corporate Avenue,222 Hubin Road,Huangpu District, Shanghai,China 200021 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: fu.wei@linaro.org (Fu Wei) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 02:21:04 +0800 Subject: [PATCH v10 5/5] Watchdog: ARM SBSA Generic Watchdog half timeout panic support In-Reply-To: <56B4B4E2.40105@roeck-us.net> References: <1454519923-25230-1-git-send-email-fu.wei@linaro.org> <1454519923-25230-6-git-send-email-fu.wei@linaro.org> <56B23883.7000501@codeaurora.org> <56B23E99.1030604@codeaurora.org> <56B2423B.1020109@codeaurora.org> <56B24642.8090105@codeaurora.org> <56B24AB5.3070001@codeaurora.org> <56B2DEE4.7060901@roeck-us.net> <56B4B4E2.40105@roeck-us.net> Message-ID: To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 5 February 2016 at 22:42, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On 02/05/2016 01:51 AM, Fu Wei wrote: >> >> Hi Guenter, >> >> On 4 February 2016 at 13:17, Guenter Roeck wrote: >>> >>> On 02/03/2016 03:00 PM, Fu Wei wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4 February 2016 at 02:45, Timur Tabi wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Fu Wei wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> As you know I have made the pre-timeout support patch, If people like >>>>>> it, i am happy to go on upstream it separately. >>>>>> >>>>>> If we want to use pre-timeout here, user only can use get_pretimeout >>>>>> and disable panic by setting pretimeout to 0 >>>>>> but user can not really set pretimeout, because "pre-timeout == >>>>>> timeout / 2 (always)". >>>>>> if user want to change pretimeout, he/she has to set_time instead. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ok, I think patches 4 and 5 should be combined, and I think the Kconfig >>>>> entry should be removed and just use panic_enabled. >>> >>> >>> >>> Agreed. >> >> >> np, will do >> >>>> >>>> >>>> NP, will update this patchset like that , thanks :-) >>>> >>> >>> Also, if panic is enabled, the timeout needs to be adjusted accordingly >>> (to only panic after the entire timeout period has expired, not after >>> half of it). We can not panic the system after timeout / 2. >> >> >> OK, my thought is >> >> if panic is enabled : >> |--------WOR-------WS0--------WOR-------WS1 >> |------timeout------(panic)------timeout-----reset >> >> if panic is disabled . >> |--------WOR-------WS0--------WOR-------WS1 >> |---------------------timeout---------------------reset >> >> panic_enabled only can be configured when module is loaded by module >> parameter >> >> But user should know that max_timeout(panic_enable) = >> max_timeout(panic_disable) / 2 >> > > That means you'll have to update max_timeout accordingly. panic_enabled only can be configured when module is loaded, so we don't need to update it. max_timeout will only be set up in the init stage. Does it make sense ? :-) > >>> >>> I am not too happy with the parameter name (panic_enabled). How about >>> "action", to match machzwd ? >> >> >> yes, makes sense. Maybe we can do something like this: >> >> /* >> * action refers to action taken when watchdog gets WS0 >> * 0 = SKIP >> * 1 = PANIC >> * defaults to SKIP (0) >> */ >> static int action; >> module_param(action, int, 0); >> MODULE_PARM_DESC(action, "after watchdog gets WS0 interrupt, do: " >> "0 = SKIP(*) 1 = PANIC"); >> > Yes, though I would suggest to use lower case letters. yes, NP, will do , Thanks :-) > > Thanks, > Guenter > -- Best regards, Fu Wei Software Engineer Red Hat Software (Beijing) Co.,Ltd.Shanghai Branch Ph: +86 21 61221326(direct) Ph: +86 186 2020 4684 (mobile) Room 1512, Regus One Corporate Avenue,Level 15, One Corporate Avenue,222 Hubin Road,Huangpu District, Shanghai,China 200021