Re: [PATCH 2/3] watchdog: Add Nuvoton MA35D1 watchdog driver support

Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:07:45 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-watchdog,dev.linux.lists.sashiko-reviews,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 7/22/26 23:20, [email protected] wrote:
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 9 potential issue(s) to consider:
> - [High] The `ma35d1_wdt->dev` pointer is never initialized, leading to NULL pointer dereferences in logging functions.
> - [High] Read-modify-write operations on REG_WDT_CTL inadvertently clear W1C (write-one-to-clear) status flags.
> - [High] Missing clock domain synchronization (`ma35d1_wdt_wait_sync`) after writes to `REG_WDT_CTL` can lead to dropped register writes.
> - [High] Driver overwrites `wdt_dev->timeout`, breaking the software heartbeat extension.
> - [High] Missing cleanup for wake IRQ allocated by dev_pm_set_wake_irq(), leading to a memory leak and permanent device unbind/bind failures.
> - [High] The driver fails to check if the watchdog was already enabled by the bootloader, causing unexpected system reboots during boot.
> - [Medium] Unsigned integer comparison against zero renders IRQ error handling dead code.
> - [Medium] Integer overflow in `target_ticks` calculation triggers unexpected system resets for large timeouts.
> - [Low] Unnecessary dependency: selects `MFD_SYSCON` without using it.

Please fix or explain why the issues reported by Sashiko are not real.

Thanks,
Guenter