Re: [PATCH 2/7] watchdog: imx7ulp: Add explict memory barrier for unlock sequence

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

On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:00:10AM +0200, Marco Felsch wrote:
> On 22-08-22, Alice Guo (OSS) wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Marco Felsch <m.felsch@pengutronix.de>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 2:24 PM
> > > To: Alice Guo (OSS) <alice.guo@oss.nxp.com>
> > > Cc: wim@linux-watchdog.org; linux@roeck-us.net; shawnguo@kernel.org;
> > > s.hauer@pengutronix.de; festevam@gmail.com;
> > > linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
> > > dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@nxp.com>; kernel@pengutronix.de;
> > > linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] watchdog: imx7ulp: Add explict memory barrier for
> > > unlock sequence
> > > 
> > > On 22-08-16, Alice Guo (OSS) wrote:
> > > > From: Jacky Bai <ping.bai@nxp.com>
> > > >
> > > > Add explict memory barrier for the wdog unlock sequence.
> > > 
> > > Did you inspected any failures? It's not enough to say what you did, you need
> > > to specify the why as well.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > >   Marco
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Two 16-bit writes of unlocking the Watchdog should be completed within a certain time. The first mb() is used to ensure that previous instructions are completed.
> > The second mb() is used to ensure that the unlock sequence cannot be affected by subsequent instructions. The reason will be added in the commit log of v2.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I know what memory barriers are. My question was, did you see any
> issues? Since the driver is used mainline and no one reported issues.
> 
> Also just don't use the *_relaxed() versions is more common, than adding
> mb() calls around *_relaxed() versions.
> 

Agreed with both. The series is a bit short in explaining _why_ the
changes are made.

Guenter

> Regards,
>   Marco
> 
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > Alice Guo
> > 
> > > 
> > > >
> > > > Suggested-by: Ye Li <ye.li@nxp.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jacky Bai <ping.bai@nxp.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Alice Guo <alice.guo@nxp.com>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Ye Li <ye.li@nxp.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/watchdog/imx7ulp_wdt.c | 4 ++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/imx7ulp_wdt.c
> > > > b/drivers/watchdog/imx7ulp_wdt.c index 014f497ea0dc..b8ac0cb04d2f
> > > > 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/watchdog/imx7ulp_wdt.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/imx7ulp_wdt.c
> > > > @@ -179,9 +179,13 @@ static int imx7ulp_wdt_init(void __iomem *base,
> > > unsigned int timeout)
> > > >  	int ret;
> > > >
> > > >  	local_irq_disable();
> > > > +
> > > > +	mb();
> > > >  	/* unlock the wdog for reconfiguration */
> > > >  	writel_relaxed(UNLOCK_SEQ0, base + WDOG_CNT);
> > > >  	writel_relaxed(UNLOCK_SEQ1, base + WDOG_CNT);
> > > > +	mb();
> > > > +
> > > >  	ret = imx7ulp_wdt_wait(base, WDOG_CS_ULK);
> > > >  	if (ret)
> > > >  		goto init_out;
> > > > --
> > > > 2.17.1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >