@@ -105,9 +105,12 @@ static void watchdog_check_min_max_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
* timeout module parameter (if it is valid value) or the timeout-sec property
* (only if it is a valid value and the timeout_parm is out of bounds).
* If none of them are valid then we keep the old value (which should normally
- * be the default timeout value).
+ * be the default timeout value). Note that for the module parameter, '0' means
+ * 'use default' while it is an invalid value for the timeout-sec property.
+ * It should simply be dropped if you want to use the default value then.
*
- * A zero is returned on success and -EINVAL for failure.
+ * A zero is returned on success or -EINVAL if all provided values are out of
+ * bounds.
*/
int watchdog_init_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
unsigned int timeout_parm, struct device *dev)
@@ -117,22 +120,24 @@ int watchdog_init_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
watchdog_check_min_max_timeout(wdd);
- /* try to get the timeout module parameter first */
- if (!watchdog_timeout_invalid(wdd, timeout_parm) && timeout_parm) {
- wdd->timeout = timeout_parm;
- return ret;
- }
- if (timeout_parm)
+ /* check the driver supplied value (likely a module parameter) first */
+ if (timeout_parm) {
+ if (!watchdog_timeout_invalid(wdd, timeout_parm)) {
+ wdd->timeout = timeout_parm;
+ return 0;
+ }
ret = -EINVAL;
+ }
/* try to get the timeout_sec property */
- if (dev == NULL || dev->of_node == NULL)
- return ret;
- of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node, "timeout-sec", &t);
- if (!watchdog_timeout_invalid(wdd, t) && t)
- wdd->timeout = t;
- else
+ if (dev && dev->of_node &&
+ of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node, "timeout-sec", &t) == 0) {
+ if (t && !watchdog_timeout_invalid(wdd, t)) {
+ wdd->timeout = t;
+ return 0;
+ }
ret = -EINVAL;
+ }
return ret;
}