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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 5/5] Watchdog: ARM SBSA Generic Watchdog half timeout
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From: Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org>
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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:43:12 -0600
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Mathieu Poirier wrote:
>> >+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SBSA_WATCHDOG_PANIC
>> >+       irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
>> >+       if (irq < 0) {
>> >+               dev_err(dev, "unable to get ws0 interrupt.\n");
>> >+               return irq;
>> >+       }
>> >+#endif
>> >+
> Can't the driver revert to single stage mode if platform_get_irq()
> fails?  That way the value of 'irq' can be tested throughout the
> _probe() function and the #ifdefs removed.

I like that idea.  The same can be done with the devm_request_irq() 
call.  It should definitely still display a warning if the command-line 
option is set but no interrupt is available.