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From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] watchdog: renesas-wdt: add driver
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 13:36:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160401113629.GA2513@katana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160330233411.GA24844@roeck-us.net>

Hi Guenter,

> > +static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
> > +module_param(nowayout, bool, S_IRUGO);
> 
> Sure you want this parameter readable ? No problem with me, but it is unusual,
> so I figure it is worth asking.

No reason, will stick to the usual case.

> > +static void rwdt_write(struct rwdt_priv *priv, u32 val, unsigned reg)
> 
> Please use 'unsigned int' throughout.

Can do. May I ask why?

> > +	rwdt_write(priv, 65536 - wdev->timeout * priv->clks_per_sec, RWTCNT);
> > +
> 
> Just wondering, does reading RWTCNT return the remaining timeout ?
> If so, you could easily implement WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT.

I assume you mean GETTIMELEFT. Tried that, seems to work.

> function. In other words, you can just drop rwdt_set_timeout() entirely.

Cool news! Works fine.

Thanks for the prompt review! Will send V2 in a minute.

   Wolfram

  reply	other threads:[~2016-04-01 11:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-30 15:28 [PATCH 0/4] watchdog: add driver for Renesas Gen3 WDT watchdogs Wolfram Sang
2016-03-30 15:28 ` [PATCH 1/4] watchdog: renesas-wdt: add driver Wolfram Sang
2016-03-30 23:34   ` Guenter Roeck
2016-04-01 11:36     ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2016-04-01 12:35       ` Guenter Roeck
2016-03-30 15:28 ` [PATCH 2/4] arm64: dts: r8a7795: Add RWDT node Wolfram Sang
2016-03-31 13:42   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-04-01 11:39     ` Wolfram Sang
2016-03-30 15:28 ` [PATCH 3/4] arm64: dts: salvator-x: Enable watchdog timer Wolfram Sang
2016-03-30 15:28 ` [PATCH 4/4] arm64: defconfig: enable Renesas Watchdog Timer Wolfram Sang
2016-04-04  8:42   ` Geert Uytterhoeven

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