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-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt8
-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c37
-rw-r--r--include/linux/watchdog.h9
3 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index dbc6a65..0a37da7 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
unsigned int timeout;
unsigned int min_timeout;
unsigned int max_timeout;
+ struct notifier_block reboot_nb;
struct notifier_block restart_nb;
void *driver_data;
struct mutex lock;
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ It contains following fields:
* timeout: the watchdog timer's timeout value (in seconds).
* min_timeout: the watchdog timer's minimum timeout value (in seconds).
* max_timeout: the watchdog timer's maximum timeout value (in seconds).
+* reboot_nb: notifier block that is registered for reboot notifications, for
+ internal use only. If the driver calls watchdog_stop_on_reboot, watchdog core
+ will stop the watchdog on such notifications.
* restart_nb: notifier block that is registered for machine restart, for
internal use only. If a watchdog is capable of restarting the machine, it
should define ops->restart. Priority can be changed through
@@ -240,6 +244,10 @@ to set the default timeout value as timeout value in the watchdog_device and
then use this function to set the user "preferred" timeout value.
This routine returns zero on success and a negative errno code for failure.
+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 change the priority of the restart handler the following helper should be
used:
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
index 88a34ef..0bb32a4 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
@@ -138,6 +138,25 @@ int watchdog_init_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(watchdog_init_timeout);
+static int watchdog_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
+ unsigned long code, void *data)
+{
+ struct watchdog_device *wdd = container_of(nb, struct watchdog_device,
+ reboot_nb);
+
+ if (code == SYS_DOWN || code == SYS_HALT) {
+ if (watchdog_active(wdd)) {
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = wdd->ops->stop(wdd);
+ if (ret)
+ return NOTIFY_BAD;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
static int watchdog_restart_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
unsigned long action, void *data)
{
@@ -238,6 +257,21 @@ static int __watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
return ret;
}
+ if (test_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT, &wdd->status)) {
+ wdd->reboot_nb.notifier_call = watchdog_reboot_notifier;
+
+ ret = register_reboot_notifier(&wdd->reboot_nb);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_err(wdd->dev, "Cannot register reboot notifier (%d)\n",
+ ret);
+ watchdog_dev_unregister(wdd);
+ device_destroy(watchdog_class, devno);
+ ida_simple_remove(&watchdog_ida, wdd->id);
+ wdd->dev = NULL;
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
+
if (wdd->ops->restart) {
wdd->restart_nb.notifier_call = watchdog_restart_notifier;
@@ -286,6 +320,9 @@ static void __watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
if (wdd->ops->restart)
unregister_restart_handler(&wdd->restart_nb);
+ if (test_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT, &wdd->status))
+ unregister_reboot_notifier(&wdd->reboot_nb);
+
devno = wdd->cdev.dev;
ret = watchdog_dev_unregister(wdd);
if (ret)
diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index 5b52c83..a88f955 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
* @timeout: The watchdog devices timeout value (in seconds).
* @min_timeout:The watchdog devices minimum timeout value (in seconds).
* @max_timeout:The watchdog devices maximum timeout value (in seconds).
+ * @reboot_nb: The notifier block to stop watchdog on reboot.
* @restart_nb: The notifier block to register a restart function.
* @driver-data:Pointer to the drivers private data.
* @lock: Lock for watchdog core internal use only.
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
unsigned int timeout;
unsigned int min_timeout;
unsigned int max_timeout;
+ struct notifier_block reboot_nb;
struct notifier_block restart_nb;
void *driver_data;
struct mutex lock;
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
#define WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE 2 /* Did we receive the magic char ? */
#define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT 3 /* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */
#define WDOG_UNREGISTERED 4 /* Has the device been unregistered */
+#define WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT 5 /* Should be stopped on reboot */
struct list_head deferred;
};
@@ -121,6 +124,12 @@ static inline void watchdog_set_nowayout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, bool noway
set_bit(WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT, &wdd->status);
}
+/* Use the following function to stop the watchdog on reboot */
+static inline void watchdog_stop_on_reboot(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
+{
+ set_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT, &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)
{
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