From: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
To: "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, maddy@linux.ibm.com,
mpe@ellerman.id.au
Cc: npiggin@gmail.com, chleroy@kernel.org, shivangu@linux.ibm.com,
hbathini@linux.ibm.com, mahesh@linux.ibm.com,
adityag@linux.ibm.com, venkat88@linux.ibm.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] powerpc/pseries: Move H_WATCHDOG definitions to a common header
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:59:08 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <adaccc07-7ae6-4733-b29c-ca81547ed504@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <se5nv7wu.ritesh.list@gmail.com>
On 13/07/26 09:48, Ritesh Harjani (IBM) wrote:
> Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com> writes:
>
>> The H_WATCHDOG input and output definitions are currently local to the
>> pseries watchdog driver. The next patch in this series also needs these
>> definitions to issue H_WATCHDOG hypercalls outside the watchdog driver.
>>
>> Move the H_WATCHDOG definitions to a new common header,
>> asm/papr-watchdog.h, so they can be shared without duplicating the
>> PAPR watchdog definitions.
>>
>> No functional changes.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/papr-watchdog.h | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> drivers/watchdog/pseries-wdt.c | 53 +---------------------
>> 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
>> create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/papr-watchdog.h
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/papr-watchdog.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/papr-watchdog.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..fb3a511aa861
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/papr-watchdog.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
>> +
>> +#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_CRASHDUMP_PPC64_H
>> +#define _ASM_POWERPC_CRASHDUMP_PPC64_H
> should be _ASM_POWERPC_PAPR_WATCHDOG_H
oops my bad. I will fix it in v3.
>
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * H_WATCHDOG Input
>> + *
>> + * R4: "flags":
>> + *
>> + * Bits 48-55: "operation"
>> + */
>> +#define PSERIES_WDTF_OP_START 0x100UL /* start timer */
>> +#define PSERIES_WDTF_OP_STOP 0x200UL /* stop timer */
>> +#define PSERIES_WDTF_OP_QUERY 0x300UL /* query timer capabilities */
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Bits 56-63: "timeoutAction" (for "Start Watchdog" only)
>> + */
>> +#define PSERIES_WDTF_ACTION_HARD_POWEROFF 0x1UL /* poweroff */
>> +#define PSERIES_WDTF_ACTION_HARD_RESTART 0x2UL /* restart */
>> +#define PSERIES_WDTF_ACTION_DUMP_RESTART 0x3UL /* dump + restart */
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * H_WATCHDOG Output
>> + *
>> + * R3: Return code
>> + *
>> + * H_SUCCESS The operation completed.
>> + *
>> + * H_BUSY The hypervisor is too busy; retry the operation.
>> + *
>> + * H_PARAMETER The given "flags" are somehow invalid. Either the
>> + * "operation" or "timeoutAction" is invalid, or a
>> + * reserved bit is set.
>> + *
>> + * H_P2 The given "watchdogNumber" is zero or exceeds the
>> + * supported maximum value.
>> + *
>> + * H_P3 The given "timeoutInMs" is below the supported
>> + * minimum value.
>> + *
>> + * H_NOOP The given "watchdogNumber" is already stopped.
>> + *
>> + * H_HARDWARE The operation failed for ineffable reasons.
>> + *
>> + * H_FUNCTION The H_WATCHDOG hypercall is not supported by this
>> + * hypervisor.
>> + *
>> + * R4:
>> + *
>> + * - For the "Query Watchdog Capabilities" operation, a 64-bit
>> + * structure:
>> + */
>> +#define PSERIES_WDTQ_MIN_TIMEOUT(cap) (((cap) >> 48) & 0xffff)
>> +#define PSERIES_WDTQ_MAX_NUMBER(cap) (((cap) >> 32) & 0xffff)
>> +
>> +#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_CRASHDUMP_PPC64_H */
> ditto
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-13 4:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-13 3:59 [PATCH v2 0/3] powerpc/crash: protect kdump from active watchdogs Sourabh Jain
2026-07-13 3:59 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] powerpc/pseries: Move H_WATCHDOG definitions to a common header Sourabh Jain
2026-07-13 4:18 ` Ritesh Harjani
2026-07-13 4:29 ` Sourabh Jain [this message]
2026-07-13 3:59 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] powerpc/pseries: Handle and log pseries-wdt registration failures Sourabh Jain
2026-07-13 4:29 ` Ritesh Harjani
2026-07-13 4:44 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-07-13 3:59 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] powerpc/crash: stop watchdogs before booting kdump kernel Sourabh Jain
2026-07-13 5:10 ` Ritesh Harjani
2026-07-13 13:37 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-07-13 5:21 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] powerpc/crash: protect kdump from active watchdogs Ritesh Harjani
2026-07-13 5:59 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-07-13 6:40 ` Ritesh Harjani
2026-07-13 11:30 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-07-13 11:39 ` Ritesh Harjani
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