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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/watchdog.h | 7 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt index ea277478982f..9b93953f69cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt @@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ To disable the watchdog on reboot, the user must call the following helper: static inline void watchdog_stop_on_reboot(struct watchdog_device *wdd); +To disable the watchdog when unregistering the watchdog, the user must call +the following helper. Note that this will only stop the watchdog if the +nowayout flag is not set. + +static inline void watchdog_stop_on_unregister(struct watchdog_device *wdd); + To change the priority of the restart handler the following helper should be used: diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c index 32930a073a12..d5d2bbd8f428 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c @@ -987,6 +987,11 @@ static void watchdog_cdev_unregister(struct watchdog_device *wdd) wdd->wd_data = NULL; mutex_unlock(&wd_data->lock); + if (watchdog_active(wdd) && + test_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_UNREGISTER, &wdd->status)) { + watchdog_stop(wdd); + } + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&wd_data->work); kref_put(&wd_data->kref, watchdog_core_data_release); diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h index 35a4d8185b51..a786e5e8973b 100644 --- a/include/linux/watchdog.h +++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ struct watchdog_device { #define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT 1 /* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */ #define WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT 2 /* Should be stopped on reboot */ #define WDOG_HW_RUNNING 3 /* True if HW watchdog running */ +#define WDOG_STOP_ON_UNREGISTER 4 /* Should be stopped on unregister */ struct list_head deferred; }; @@ -151,6 +152,12 @@ static inline void watchdog_stop_on_reboot(struct watchdog_device *wdd) set_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT, &wdd->status); } +/* Use the following function to stop the watchdog when unregistering it */ +static inline void watchdog_stop_on_unregister(struct watchdog_device *wdd) +{ + set_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_UNREGISTER, &wdd->status); +} + /* Use the following function to check if a timeout value is invalid */ static inline bool watchdog_timeout_invalid(struct watchdog_device *wdd, unsigned int t) { |