From: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
To: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.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, Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] powerpc/pseries: Move H_WATCHDOG definitions to a common header
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:48:57 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <se5nv7wu.ritesh.list@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260713035954.1559605-2-sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>
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
> +
> +/*
> + * 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
-ritesh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-13 4:24 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 [this message]
2026-07-13 4:29 ` Sourabh Jain
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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