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* [PATCH v3] watchdog: add new parameter to start the watchdog on module insertion
@ 2021-09-16 14:40 Flavio Suligoi
  2021-09-17 14:45 ` Guenter Roeck
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Flavio Suligoi @ 2021-09-16 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Wim Van Sebroeck, Guenter Roeck
  Cc: Mika Westerberg, linux-watchdog, linux-kernel, Flavio Suligoi

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 feature can be enabled in the kernel config, so it can be also
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.

Signed-off-by: Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@asem.it>
---

v3: - add check for the returned error of wdog start function
v2: - check WDOG_HW_RUNNING before starting watchdog;
    - remove useless comments in commit text, watchdog-parameters.rst and
      Kconfig;
v1: - first version;

 Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst |  3 +++
 drivers/watchdog/Kconfig                       |  9 +++++++++
 drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c               | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
index 223c99361a30..7780d0c1fb4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ 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).
 
 -------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index b81fe4f7d434..19be709e01ac 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ 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 applies to all watchdog drivers.
+
 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 3fe8a7edc252..cb530b097223 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ 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.
  *
@@ -252,6 +257,17 @@ 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 && !watchdog_hw_running(wdd)) {
+		set_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING, &wdd->status);
+		ret = wdd->ops->start(wdd);
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			pr_info("Watchdog enabled\n");
+		} else {
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Use alias for watchdog id if possible */
 	if (wdd->parent) {
 		ret = of_alias_get_id(wdd->parent->of_node, "watchdog");
-- 
2.25.1


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* Re: [PATCH v3] watchdog: add new parameter to start the watchdog on module insertion
  2021-09-16 14:40 [PATCH v3] watchdog: add new parameter to start the watchdog on module insertion Flavio Suligoi
@ 2021-09-17 14:45 ` Guenter Roeck
  2021-09-17 15:21   ` Flavio Suligoi
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Guenter Roeck @ 2021-09-17 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Flavio Suligoi, Wim Van Sebroeck
  Cc: Mika Westerberg, linux-watchdog, linux-kernel

On 9/16/21 7:40 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 feature can be enabled in the kernel config, so it can be also
> 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@asem.it>
> ---
> 
> v3: - add check for the returned error of wdog start function
> v2: - check WDOG_HW_RUNNING before starting watchdog;
>      - remove useless comments in commit text, watchdog-parameters.rst and
>        Kconfig;
> v1: - first version;
> 
>   Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst |  3 +++
>   drivers/watchdog/Kconfig                       |  9 +++++++++
>   drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c               | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>   3 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
> index 223c99361a30..7780d0c1fb4a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
> @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ 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).
>   
>   -------------------------------------------------
>   
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> index b81fe4f7d434..19be709e01ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> @@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ 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 applies to all watchdog drivers.
> +
>   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 3fe8a7edc252..cb530b097223 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ 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.
>    *
> @@ -252,6 +257,17 @@ 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 && !watchdog_hw_running(wdd)) {
> +		set_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING, &wdd->status);
> +		ret = wdd->ops->start(wdd);
> +		if (ret == 0) {
> +			pr_info("Watchdog enabled\n");
> +		} else {
> +			return ret;
> +		}

This should be
		if (ret)
			return ret;
		pr_info("Watchdog enabled\n");

Also, this needs an error handler to stop the watchdog if driver registration
fails (if the driver supports stopping the watchdog).

Thanks,
Guenter

> +	}
> +
>   	/* Use alias for watchdog id if possible */
>   	if (wdd->parent) {
>   		ret = of_alias_get_id(wdd->parent->of_node, "watchdog");
> 


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* RE: [PATCH v3] watchdog: add new parameter to start the watchdog on module insertion
  2021-09-17 14:45 ` Guenter Roeck
@ 2021-09-17 15:21   ` Flavio Suligoi
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Flavio Suligoi @ 2021-09-17 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Guenter Roeck, Wim Van Sebroeck
  Cc: Mika Westerberg, linux-watchdog, linux-kernel

Hi Guenter,

...
> > v3: - add check for the returned error of wdog start function
> > v2: - check WDOG_HW_RUNNING before starting watchdog;
> >      - remove useless comments in commit text, watchdog-parameters.rst and
> >        Kconfig;
> > v1: - first version;
> >
> >   Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst |  3 +++
> >   drivers/watchdog/Kconfig                       |  9 +++++++++
> >   drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c               | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >   3 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
> b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
> > index 223c99361a30..7780d0c1fb4a 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.rst
> > @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ 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).
> >
> >   -------------------------------------------------
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> > index b81fe4f7d434..19be709e01ac 100644
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
> > @@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ 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 applies to all watchdog drivers.
> > +
> >   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 3fe8a7edc252..cb530b097223 100644
> > --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> > @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ 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_ENABL
> ED)) ")");
> > +
> >   /*
> >    * Deferred Registration infrastructure.
> >    *
> > @@ -252,6 +257,17 @@ 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 && !watchdog_hw_running(wdd)) {
> > +		set_bit(WDOG_HW_RUNNING, &wdd->status);
> > +		ret = wdd->ops->start(wdd);
> > +		if (ret == 0) {
> > +			pr_info("Watchdog enabled\n");
> > +		} else {
> > +			return ret;
> > +		}
> 
> This should be
> 		if (ret)
> 			return ret;
> 		pr_info("Watchdog enabled\n");
>

Right, it is simpler!!! 😊

> Also, this needs an error handler to stop the watchdog if driver registration
> fails (if the driver supports stopping the watchdog).

Ok, I'll think how to do this.

> 
> Thanks,
> Guenter
> 
> > +	}
> > +
> >   	/* Use alias for watchdog id if possible */
> >   	if (wdd->parent) {
> >   		ret = of_alias_get_id(wdd->parent->of_node, "watchdog");
> >

Flavio


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