Hi Stefan,

I forgot to answer you to this email.
Guenter pointed out that in the previous implementation of the watchdog
there was a tiny period of time when the watchdog was disabled (during
pinging - disable, set timeout, enable) which made the system
vulnerable.
I therefore changed the watchdog to use 2 counters:
Counter 1 is the watchdog counter - on expiry, the system is reset.
Counter 0 is used to reset Counter 1 to start counting from the set
timeout again. So Counter 1 is set to be reset on Counter 0 expiry
event and pinging is done by forcing immediate expiry event on Counter
0.

Marek

On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:03:27 +0100
Stefan Roese <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 20.11.18 13:04, Marek Behún wrote:
> > The Armada 37xx watchdog driver was recently accepted for mainline
> > kernel by watchdog subsystem maintainer, but the driver works a
> > little different than the one in U-Boot. This patch fixes this.  
> 
> Out of curiosity: What is different and why does the "old"
> implementation not work any more?
>   
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >   drivers/watchdog/armada-37xx-wdt.c | 109
> > ++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 42
> > deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/armada-37xx-wdt.c
> > b/drivers/watchdog/armada-37xx-wdt.c index 0fa4fda4fc..91cd8a6e6a
> > 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/armada-37xx-wdt.c
> > +++ b/drivers/watchdog/armada-37xx-wdt.c
> > @@ -22,42 +22,63 @@ struct a37xx_wdt {
> >   };
> >   
> >   /*
> > - * We use Counter 1 for watchdog timer, because so does Marvell's
> > Linux by
> > - * default.
> > + * We use Counter 1 as watchdog timer, and Counter 0 for
> > re-triggering Counter 1 */
> >   
> > -#define CNTR_CTRL                  0x10
> > +#define CNTR_CTRL(id)                      ((id) * 0x10)
> >   #define CNTR_CTRL_ENABLE          0x0001
> >   #define CNTR_CTRL_ACTIVE          0x0002
> >   #define CNTR_CTRL_MODE_MASK               0x000c
> >   #define CNTR_CTRL_MODE_ONESHOT            0x0000
> > +#define CNTR_CTRL_MODE_HWSIG               0x000c
> > +#define CNTR_CTRL_TRIG_SRC_MASK            0x00f0
> > +#define CNTR_CTRL_TRIG_SRC_PREV_CNTR       0x0050
> >   #define CNTR_CTRL_PRESCALE_MASK           0xff00
> >   #define CNTR_CTRL_PRESCALE_MIN            2
> >   #define CNTR_CTRL_PRESCALE_SHIFT  8
> >   
> > -#define CNTR_COUNT_LOW                     0x14
> > -#define CNTR_COUNT_HIGH                    0x18
> > +#define CNTR_COUNT_LOW(id)         (CNTR_CTRL(id) + 0x4)
> > +#define CNTR_COUNT_HIGH(id)                (CNTR_CTRL(id) + 0x8)
> >   
> > -static void set_counter_value(struct a37xx_wdt *priv)
> > +static void set_counter_value(struct a37xx_wdt *priv, int id, u64
> > val) {
> > -   writel(priv->timeout & 0xffffffff, priv->reg +
> > CNTR_COUNT_LOW);
> > -   writel(priv->timeout >> 32, priv->reg + CNTR_COUNT_HIGH);
> > +   writel(val & 0xffffffff, priv->reg + CNTR_COUNT_LOW(id));
> > +   writel(val >> 32, priv->reg + CNTR_COUNT_HIGH(id));
> >   }
> >   
> > -static void a37xx_wdt_enable(struct a37xx_wdt *priv)
> > +static void counter_enable(struct a37xx_wdt *priv, int id)
> >   {
> > -   u32 reg = readl(priv->reg + CNTR_CTRL);
> > +   setbits_le32(priv->reg + CNTR_CTRL(id), CNTR_CTRL_ENABLE);
> > +}
> >   
> > -   reg |= CNTR_CTRL_ENABLE;
> > -   writel(reg, priv->reg + CNTR_CTRL);
> > +static void counter_disable(struct a37xx_wdt *priv, int id)
> > +{
> > +   clrbits_le32(priv->reg + CNTR_CTRL(id), CNTR_CTRL_ENABLE);
> >   }
> >   
> > -static void a37xx_wdt_disable(struct a37xx_wdt *priv)
> > +static int init_counter(struct a37xx_wdt *priv, int id, u32 mode,
> > u32 trig_src) {
> > -   u32 reg = readl(priv->reg + CNTR_CTRL);
> > +   u32 reg;
> > +
> > +   reg = readl(priv->reg + CNTR_CTRL(id));
> > +   if (reg & CNTR_CTRL_ACTIVE)
> > +           return -EBUSY;
> > +
> > +   reg &= ~(CNTR_CTRL_MODE_MASK | CNTR_CTRL_PRESCALE_MASK |
> > +            CNTR_CTRL_TRIG_SRC_MASK);
> > +
> > +   /* set mode */
> > +   reg |= mode;
> > +
> > +   /* set prescaler to the min value */
> > +   reg |= CNTR_CTRL_PRESCALE_MIN << CNTR_CTRL_PRESCALE_SHIFT;
> > +
> > +   /* set trigger source */
> > +   reg |= trig_src;
> >   
> > -   reg &= ~CNTR_CTRL_ENABLE;
> > -   writel(reg, priv->reg + CNTR_CTRL);
> > +   writel(reg, priv->reg + CNTR_CTRL(id));
> > +
> > +   return 0;
> >   }
> >   
> >   static int a37xx_wdt_reset(struct udevice *dev)
> > @@ -67,9 +88,9 @@ static int a37xx_wdt_reset(struct udevice *dev)
> >     if (!priv->timeout)
> >             return -EINVAL;
> >   
> > -   a37xx_wdt_disable(priv);
> > -   set_counter_value(priv);
> > -   a37xx_wdt_enable(priv);
> > +   /* counter 1 is retriggered by forcing end count on
> > counter 0 */
> > +   counter_disable(priv, 0);
> > +   counter_enable(priv, 0);
> >   
> >     return 0;
> >   }
> > @@ -78,10 +99,14 @@ static int a37xx_wdt_expire_now(struct udevice
> > *dev, ulong flags) {
> >     struct a37xx_wdt *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
> >   
> > -   a37xx_wdt_disable(priv);
> > -   priv->timeout = 0;
> > -   set_counter_value(priv);
> > -   a37xx_wdt_enable(priv);
> > +   /* first we set timeout to 0 */
> > +   counter_disable(priv, 1);
> > +   set_counter_value(priv, 1, 0);
> > +   counter_enable(priv, 1);
> > +
> > +   /* and then we start counter 1 by forcing end count on
> > counter 0 */
> > +   counter_disable(priv, 0);
> > +   counter_enable(priv, 0);
> >   
> >     return 0;
> >   }
> > @@ -89,26 +114,25 @@ static int a37xx_wdt_expire_now(struct udevice
> > *dev, ulong flags) static int a37xx_wdt_start(struct udevice *dev,
> > u64 ms, ulong flags) {
> >     struct a37xx_wdt *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
> > -   u32 reg;
> > -
> > -   reg = readl(priv->reg + CNTR_CTRL);
> > -
> > -   if (reg & CNTR_CTRL_ACTIVE)
> > -           return -EBUSY;
> > +   int err;
> >   
> > -   /* set mode */
> > -   reg = (reg & ~CNTR_CTRL_MODE_MASK) |
> > CNTR_CTRL_MODE_ONESHOT;
> > +   err = init_counter(priv, 0, CNTR_CTRL_MODE_ONESHOT, 0);
> > +   if (err < 0)
> > +           return err;
> >   
> > -   /* set prescaler to the min value */
> > -   reg &= ~CNTR_CTRL_PRESCALE_MASK;
> > -   reg |= CNTR_CTRL_PRESCALE_MIN << CNTR_CTRL_PRESCALE_SHIFT;
> > +   err = init_counter(priv, 1, CNTR_CTRL_MODE_HWSIG,
> > +                      CNTR_CTRL_TRIG_SRC_PREV_CNTR);
> > +   if (err < 0)
> > +           return err;
> >   
> >     priv->timeout = ms * priv->clk_rate / 1000 /
> > CNTR_CTRL_PRESCALE_MIN; 
> > -   writel(reg, priv->reg + CNTR_CTRL);
> > +   set_counter_value(priv, 0, 0);
> > +   set_counter_value(priv, 1, priv->timeout);
> > +   counter_enable(priv, 1);
> >   
> > -   set_counter_value(priv);
> > -   a37xx_wdt_enable(priv);
> > +   /* we have to force end count on counter 0 to start
> > counter 1 */
> > +   counter_enable(priv, 0);
> >   
> >     return 0;
> >   }
> > @@ -117,7 +141,9 @@ static int a37xx_wdt_stop(struct udevice *dev)
> >   {
> >     struct a37xx_wdt *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
> >   
> > -   a37xx_wdt_disable(priv);
> > +   counter_disable(priv, 1);
> > +   counter_disable(priv, 0);
> > +   writel(0, priv->sel_reg);
> >   
> >     return 0;
> >   }
> > @@ -139,11 +165,10 @@ static int a37xx_wdt_probe(struct udevice
> > *dev) 
> >     priv->clk_rate = (ulong)get_ref_clk() * 1000000;
> >   
> > -   a37xx_wdt_disable(priv);
> > -
> >     /*
> > -    * We use timer 1 as watchdog timer (because Marvell's
> > Linux uses that
> > -    * timer as default), therefore we only set bit
> > TIMER1_IS_WCHDOG_TIMER.
> > +    * We use counter 1 as watchdog timer, therefore we only
> > set bit
> > +    * TIMER1_IS_WCHDOG_TIMER. Counter 0 is only used to force
> > re-trigger on
> > +    * counter 1.
> >      */
> >     writel(1 << 1, priv->sel_reg);
> >   
> >   
> 
> Viele Grüße,
> Stefan
> 

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