It seems that some watchdog drivers are doing following mistake:
rv = misc_register();
if (rv < 0)
return rv;
rv = request_region();
if (rv < 0) {
misc_deregister();
return rv;
}
But, right after misc_register() returns, misc device can be opened and
ioctls interacting with hardware issued, and driver can do outb() to
port it doesn't own yet, because request_region() is still pending.
Here is my patch, compile-tested only.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
change default=CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT in the module parameter
for nowayout by it's real value (0 or 1) by using:
__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT)
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
The last argument of module_param is permissions, not default value.
Acked-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Mark the static struct file_operations in drivers/char as const. Making
them const prevents accidental bugs, and moves them to the .rodata section
so that they no longer do any false sharing; in addition with the proper
debug option they are then protected against corruption..
[akpm@osdl.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Attached patch removes #ifdef CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT mess and
replaces it with common define in linux/watchdog.h.
Signed-Off-By: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
New SBC8360 watchdog driver patch
From: Ian E. Morgan <imorgan@webcon.ca>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Wim Van Sebroeck