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authorGuenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>2016-07-17 15:04:11 -0700
committerWim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>2016-07-19 10:09:07 +0200
commit90b826f17a4e1c4ff2b3ef69512a6409e94f4d64 (patch)
tree8eb26b2dd367a2d7ec258ebadbbd989cfab8245c /Documentation/watchdog
parentc7ef68c32265a396a4d977f896a11a4cebb0ace4 (diff)
watchdog: Implement status function in watchdog core
Up to now, the watchdog status function called a driver function, which was supposed to return the watchdog status. All but one driver using the watchdog core did not implement this function, and the driver implementing it did not implement it correctly (the function is supposed to return WDIOF_ flags). At the same time, at least some of the status information can be provided by the watchdog core. Provide the available status bits directly from the watchdog driver core. Call the driver status function if it exists to get the boot status, but always provide WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE and WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING internally. This patch makes the 'status' sysfs attribute always available. This attribute is now displayed as hex number with 0x prepended to be easier to decode. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt4
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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index 92700d229bf9..7f31125c123e 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ they are supported. These optional routines/operations are:
info structure).
* status: this routine checks the status of the watchdog timer device. The
status of the device is reported with watchdog WDIOF_* status flags/bits.
+ WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE and WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING are reported by the watchdog core;
+ it is not necessary to report those bits from the driver. Also, if no status
+ function is provided by the driver, the watchdog core reports the status bits
+ provided in the bootstatus variable of struct watchdog_device.
* set_timeout: this routine checks and changes the timeout of the watchdog
timer device. It returns 0 on success, -EINVAL for "parameter out of range"
and -EIO for "could not write value to the watchdog". On success this