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Subject[WATCHDOG] v2.6.33-rc8 - bfin_wdt.c : fix max timeout calculation
Hi Linus,

Please pull from 'master' branch of
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog.git
or if master.kernel.org hasn't synced up yet:
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog.git

This will update the following files:

drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

with these Changes:

Author: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Date: Mon Feb 15 19:32:25 2010 -0500

[WATCHDOG] bfin: fix max timeout calculation

Relying on overflow/wrap around isn't exact because if you wrap far
enough, you get back to "valid" values.

Reported-by: Thorsten Pohlmann <pohlmann@tetronik.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>

The Changes can also be looked at on:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog.git;a=summary

For completeness, I added the overal diff below.

Greetings,
Wim.

================================================================================
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c
index c7b3f9d..2159e66 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/bfin_wdt.c
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
/*
* Blackfin On-Chip Watchdog Driver
- * Supports BF53[123]/BF53[467]/BF54[2489]/BF561
*
* Originally based on softdog.c
- * Copyright 2006-2007 Analog Devices Inc.
+ * Copyright 2006-2010 Analog Devices Inc.
* Copyright 2006-2007 Michele d'Amico
* Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
*
@@ -137,13 +136,15 @@ static int bfin_wdt_running(void)
*/
static int bfin_wdt_set_timeout(unsigned long t)
{
- u32 cnt;
+ u32 cnt, max_t, sclk;
unsigned long flags;

- stampit();
+ sclk = get_sclk();
+ max_t = -1 / sclk;
+ cnt = t * sclk;
+ stamp("maxtimeout=%us newtimeout=%lus (cnt=%#x)", max_t, t, cnt);

- cnt = t * get_sclk();
- if (cnt < get_sclk()) {
+ if (t > max_t) {
printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "timeout value is too large\n");
return -EINVAL;
}

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