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* [PATCH] shwdt: fix usage of mod_timer
@ 2011-07-20 13:03 David Engraf
  2011-07-21  7:53 ` Paul Mundt
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Engraf @ 2011-07-20 13:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Wim Van Sebroeck, linux-watchdog, linux-kernel, linux-sh,
	Paul Mundt

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This patch fixes the usage of mod_timer and makes the driver usable. 
mod_timer must be called with an absolute timeout in jiffies, the old 
implementation used a relative timeout thus the hardware watchdog was 
never triggered.

Signed-off-by: David Engraf <david.engraf@sysgo.com>



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diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
index db84f23..a267dc0 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
  * misses its deadline, the kernel timer will allow the WDT to overflow.
  */
 static int clock_division_ratio = WTCSR_CKS_4096;
-#define next_ping_period(cks)	msecs_to_jiffies(cks - 4)
+#define next_ping_period(cks)	(jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(cks - 4))
 
 static const struct watchdog_info sh_wdt_info;
 static struct platform_device *sh_wdt_dev;

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* Re: [PATCH] shwdt: fix usage of mod_timer
  2011-07-20 13:03 [PATCH] shwdt: fix usage of mod_timer David Engraf
@ 2011-07-21  7:53 ` Paul Mundt
  2011-07-22 18:32   ` Wim Van Sebroeck
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Paul Mundt @ 2011-07-21  7:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Engraf; +Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck, linux-watchdog, linux-kernel, linux-sh

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 03:03:39PM +0200, David Engraf wrote:
> This patch fixes the usage of mod_timer and makes the driver usable. 
> mod_timer must be called with an absolute timeout in jiffies, the old 
> implementation used a relative timeout thus the hardware watchdog was 
> never triggered.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Engraf <david.engraf@sysgo.com>
> 
Applied, thanks.

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* Re: [PATCH] shwdt: fix usage of mod_timer
  2011-07-21  7:53 ` Paul Mundt
@ 2011-07-22 18:32   ` Wim Van Sebroeck
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Wim Van Sebroeck @ 2011-07-22 18:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paul Mundt; +Cc: David Engraf, linux-watchdog, linux-kernel, linux-sh

Hi Paul,

> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 03:03:39PM +0200, David Engraf wrote:
> > This patch fixes the usage of mod_timer and makes the driver usable. 
> > mod_timer must be called with an absolute timeout in jiffies, the old 
> > implementation used a relative timeout thus the hardware watchdog was 
> > never triggered.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: David Engraf <david.engraf@sysgo.com>
> > 
> Applied, thanks.

So this patch will go via your tree then.

Kind regards,
Wim.


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