Re: [PATCH] rtc: ds1307: provide an indication that the watchdog has fired

[Guenter Roeck]

On 7/23/20 9:50 PM, Chris Packham wrote:
> There's not much feedback when the ds1388 watchdog fires. Generally it
> yanks on the reset line and the board reboots. To provide some feedback
> indicate that the watchdog has fired in the past. This should help
> distinguish a watchdog triggered reset from a power interruption.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
> index 49702942bb08..431b1a50c483 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c
> @@ -868,6 +868,14 @@ static int ds1388_wdt_start(struct watchdog_device *wdt_dev)
>  	struct ds1307 *ds1307 = watchdog_get_drvdata(wdt_dev);
>  	u8 regs[2];
>  	int ret;
> +	int val;
> +
> +	ret = regmap_read(ds1307->regmap, DS1388_REG_FLAG, &val);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	if (val & DS1388_BIT_WF)
> +		dev_notice(ds1307->dev, "detected watchdog alarm flag\n");
>  
>  	ret = regmap_update_bits(ds1307->regmap, DS1388_REG_FLAG,
>  				 DS1388_BIT_WF, 0);
> 

This should be reported with WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS / WDIOF_CARDRESET,
not as log message when starting the watchdog.

Guenter