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authorBoris BREZILLON <b.brezillon@overkiz.com>2013-11-03 18:52:43 +0100
committerWim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>2014-01-28 21:34:38 +0100
commita04c3f01d33f4661424deeff67913699a0910c53 (patch)
tree0632c5a099c300fe0414244cebe8dce8ce051334 /drivers/watchdog
parent1444797fc178b58e91cf29a438efd05dd890d43a (diff)
downloadlinux-a04c3f01d33f4661424deeff67913699a0910c53.tar.gz
watchdog: at91sam9_wdt: avoid spurious watchdog reset during init
Use the min_heartbeat value instead of the calculated heartbeat value for
the first watchdog reset to avoid spurious watchdog reset.

Resetting the watchdog counter during init might lead to a watchdog fault
reset because the watchdog counter has to be running for at least
min_heartbeat.

Resetting the watchdog counter after heartbeat might lead to a watchdog
timeout reset because the watchdog counter is running for more than
max_heartbeat time.

Using min_heartbeat instead of heartbeat does not guarantee that the
watchdog won't trigger a reset, but at least it reduces the chances to be
in such a case.

Signed-off-by: Boris BREZILLON <b.brezillon@overkiz.com>
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/watchdog')
-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c
index 65f469145950..ab0c4e0165d1 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/at91sam9_wdt.c
@@ -213,7 +213,15 @@ static int at91_wdt_init(struct platform_device *pdev, struct at91wdt *wdt)
 			 tmp & wdt->mr_mask, wdt->mr & wdt->mr_mask);
 
 	setup_timer(&wdt->timer, at91_ping, (unsigned long)wdt);
-	mod_timer(&wdt->timer, jiffies + wdt->heartbeat);
+
+	/*
+	 * Use min_heartbeat the first time to avoid spurious watchdog reset:
+	 * we don't know for how long the watchdog counter is running, and
+	 *  - resetting it right now might trigger a watchdog fault reset
+	 *  - waiting for heartbeat time might lead to a watchdog timeout
+	 *    reset
+	 */
+	mod_timer(&wdt->timer, jiffies + min_heartbeat);
 
 	/* Try to set timeout from device tree first */
 	if (watchdog_init_timeout(&wdt->wdd, 0, dev))