Re: [PATCH] watchdog: initialize device before misc_register

2020-07-15 Thread Guenter Roeck
On 7/15/20 6:57 AM, krzysztof.sob...@nokia.com wrote: > From: Krzysztof Sobota > Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:13:42 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] watchdog: initialize device before misc_register > > When watchdog device is being registered, it calls misc_register that > makes watc

[PATCH] watchdog: initialize device before misc_register

2020-07-15 Thread krzysztof.sob...@nokia.com
From: Krzysztof Sobota Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:13:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] watchdog: initialize device before misc_register When watchdog device is being registered, it calls misc_register that makes watchdog available for systemd to open. This is a data race scenario, because when device is