From: Ken Sloat <KSloat@aampglobal.com>
To: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Cc: "linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org" <linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"ludovic.desroches@microchip.com"
<ludovic.desroches@microchip.com>,
Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
"wim@linux-watchdog.org" <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 1/1] watchdog: atmel: atmel-sama5d4-wdt: Disable watchdog on system suspend
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 20:45:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BL0PR07MB4115721DA2EB445BE7590BF6ADEE0@BL0PR07MB4115.namprd07.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190614203327.GE3369@piout.net>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 4:33 PM
> To: Ken Sloat <KSloat@aampglobal.com>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>; nicolas.ferre@microchip.com;
> ludovic.desroches@microchip.com; wim@linux-watchdog.org; linux-arm-
> kernel@lists.infradead.org; linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] watchdog: atmel: atmel-sama5d4-wdt: Disable
> watchdog on system suspend
>
> [This is an EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> ________________________________
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> On 14/06/2019 18:43:22+0000, Ken Sloat wrote:
> > Well I'm a little confused still because there are two separate
> > comments in these statements. The first within resume implies that the
> > init should be called because we might have lost register values for
> > some reason unexplained.
>
> The sama5d2 has a suspend mode where power to the core is completely
> cut. Only a few IPs remain powered (in the backup power domain).
> Unfortunately, the watchdog is not in that domain and may lose its registers.
>
> > Then within the init it says that the bootloader might have modified
> > the registers so we should check them and then update it or otherwise
> > disable it. I'm not trying to pick apart the logic or anything, I'm
> > just readily assuming it is good as it was already reviewed before.
> >
>
> The bootloaders may have started the watchdog (this makes sense if you
> really care about reliability) and so we need to be careful to keep the proper
> parameters.
Thanks for the explanation Alexandre I appreciate it.
> > So without digging into that too much, if we don't know if any of the
> > runtime situations above might have occurred, then isn't it best to
> > leave my patch as is? Yes this has the side effect of resetting the
> > timer count, but if the init call is needed and we don't have any way
> > to know if any of the situations occurred, then we have no choice right?
> >
>
> Until we can differentiate between suspend modes, we have no other
> choice.
Ok I will leave my patch as is for now then
> --
> Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com
Thanks,
Ken Sloat
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-06-14 20:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-14 12:53 [PATCH v2 1/1] watchdog: atmel: atmel-sama5d4-wdt: Disable watchdog on system suspend Ken Sloat
2019-06-14 16:46 ` Guenter Roeck
2019-06-14 17:53 ` Ken Sloat
2019-06-14 18:08 ` Alexandre Belloni
2019-06-14 18:43 ` Ken Sloat
2019-06-14 20:33 ` Alexandre Belloni
2019-06-14 20:45 ` Ken Sloat [this message]
2019-06-15 14:22 ` Guenter Roeck
2019-06-20 8:33 ` Alexandre Belloni
2019-07-02 13:40 ` Guenter Roeck
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