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Commit 933ada56 authored by Rasmus Villemoes's avatar Rasmus Villemoes Committed by Stefan Roese
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allow opting out of WATCHDOG_RESET() from timer interrupt



Having WATCHDOG_RESET() called automatically from the timer interrupt
runs counter to the idea of a watchdog device - if the board runs into
an infinite loops with interrupts still enabled, the watchdog will
never fire.

When using CONFIG_(SPL_)WDT, the watchdog_reset function is a lot more
complicated than just poking a few SOC-specific registers - it
involves accessing all kinds of global data, and if the interrupt
happens at the wrong time (say, in the middle of an WATCHDOG_RESET()
call from ordinary code), that can end up corrupting said global data.

Allow the board to opt out of calling WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer
interrupt handler by setting CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ to 0 - as that
setting is currently nonsensical (it would be compile-time
divide-by-zero), it cannot affect any existing boards.

Add documentation for both the existing and extended meaning of
CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ.

Signed-off-by: default avatarRasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk>
parent 21560162
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