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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:59:08 -0800
From: Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
To: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
CC: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Watchdog Mailing List <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 5/10] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver
On 02/23/11 12:43, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:
> commit 1959ea403c69af855f5cd13e5c9b33123d2137b2
> Author: Wim Van Sebroeck<wim@...ana.be>
> Date: Fri Jun 18 09:45:49 2010 +0000
>
> watchdog: WatchDog Timer Driver Core - Part 5
>
> This part add's the WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT and WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT ioctl
> functionality to the WatchDog Timer Driver Core framework.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox<alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck<wim@...ana.be>
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c
> index 6a4af47..f1d4f217 100644
> --- a/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c
> +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c
> @@ -110,18 +110,27 @@ static int wdt_stop(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static int wdt_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, int new_timeout)
> +{
> + if (new_timeout< 1)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> /*
> * The watchdog kernel structures
> */
> static const struct watchdog_info wdt_info = {
> .identity = DRV_NAME,
> - .options = WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING,
> + .options = WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT |
> + WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING,
> };
>
> static const struct watchdog_ops wdt_ops = {
> .start = wdt_start,
> .stop = wdt_stop,
> .ping = wdt_ping,
> + .set_timeout = wdt_set_timeout,
> };
>
> static struct watchdog_device wdt_dev = {
> @@ -139,6 +148,9 @@ static int __devinit wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> /* Register other stuff */
>
> + /* Set watchdog_device parameters */
> + wdt_dev.timeout = timeout;
> +
> /* Register the watchdog timer device */
> res = register_watchdogdevice(&wdt_dev);
> if (res) {
> diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
> index 3de69e7..f15e8d4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
> char *name;
> const struct watchdog_info *info;
> const struct watchdog_ops *ops;
> + int timeout;
> int bootstatus;
> long status;
> };
> @@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ It contains following fields:
> * info: a pointer to a watchdog_info structure. This structure gives some
> additional information about the watchdog timer itself.
> * ops: a pointer to the list of watchdog operations that the watchdog supports.
> +* timeout: the watchdog timer's timeout value (in seconds).
> * bootstatus: status of the device after booting (reported with watchdog
> WDIOF_* status bits).
> * status: this field contains a number of status bits that give extra
> @@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
> /* optional operations */
> int (*ping)(struct watchdog_device *);
> int (*status)(struct watchdog_device *);
> + int (*set_timeout)(struct watchdog_device *, int);
> };
>
> Some operations are mandatory and some are optional. The mandatory operations
> @@ -102,6 +105,12 @@ 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.
> +* set_timeout: this routine checks and changes the timeout of the watchdog
> + timer device. It returns 0 on success and an errno code on failure. On success
> + the timeout value of the watchdog_device will be changed to the value that
> + was just used to re-program the watchdog timer device.
> + (Note: the WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT needs to be set in the options field of the
> + watchdog's info structure).
>
> The status bits should (preferably) be set with the set_bit and clear_bit alike
> bit-operations. The status bit's that are defined are:
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/core/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/core/watchdog_dev.c
> index 2bf4f67..b80c6e6 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/core/watchdog_dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/core/watchdog_dev.c
> @@ -221,6 +221,26 @@ static long watchdog_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> watchdog_ping(wdd);
> return 0;
> + case WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT:
> + if ((wdd->ops->set_timeout == NULL) ||
> + !(wdd->info->options& WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT))
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + if (get_user(val, p))
> + return -EFAULT;
Should we sanity check that val > 0 here? I realize that the driver
would need to do it's own sanity checking, but a value of 0 or < 0 makes
no sense to the core itself.
Maybe timeout is best expressed as u32 if this is the case.
> + err = wdd->ops->set_timeout(wdd, val);
> + if (err< 0)
> + return err;
> + wdd->timeout = val;
> + /* If the watchdog is active then we sent a keepalive ping
> + * to make sure that the watchdog keep's running (and if
> + * possible that it takes the new timeout) */
> + watchdog_ping(wdd);
> + /* Fall */
> + case WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
> + /* timeout == 0 means that we don't know the timeout */
> + if (wdd->timeout)
> + return put_user(wdd->timeout, p);
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> default:
> return -ENOTTY;
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
> index 736814f..e35f51f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
> +++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
> @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
> /* optional operations */
> int (*ping)(struct watchdog_device *);
> int (*status)(struct watchdog_device *);
> + int (*set_timeout)(struct watchdog_device *, int);
> };
>
> /* The structure that defines a watchdog device */
> @@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
> const struct watchdog_info *info;
> const struct watchdog_ops *ops;
> int bootstatus;
> + int timeout;
> long status;
> #define WDOG_ACTIVE 0 /* is the watchdog running/active */
> #define WDOG_DEV_OPEN 1 /* is the watchdog opened via
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