Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> writes: > On 01/10/2015 12:08 PM, Måns Rullgård wrote: >> Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Use the recently introduced do_kernel_restart() function as the default >>> restart >>> handler if the platform did not explicitly provide a restart handler. This >>> allows use restart handler that have been registered by device drivers to >>> restart the machine. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]> >>> --- >>> arch/mips/kernel/reset.c | 2 +- >>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c b/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c >>> index 07fc524..36cd80c 100644 >>> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c >>> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/reset.c >>> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ >>> * So handle all using function pointers to machine specific >>> * functions. >>> */ >>> -void (*_machine_restart)(char *command); >>> +void (*_machine_restart)(char *command) = do_kernel_restart; >>> void (*_machine_halt)(void); >>> void (*pm_power_off)(void); >> >> There is already a similar patch posted by Kevin Cernekee: >> http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2014-12/msg00410.html >> > Personally I prefer the earlier patch, though I guess that is personal > preference.
They both achieve the same thing, though Kevin's is more in line with what ARM does. Missing from both is a fallback while(1) loop in case no restart handlers are registered. With the restart moved to the watchdog driver, there's a possibility that this might happen. -- Måns Rullgård [email protected] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
