linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] softdog: make pretimeout available when SOFT_WATCHDOG

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 6 Apr 2021 06:32:34 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Wang Qing <wangqing@...o.com>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>,
        linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] softdog: make pretimeout available when
 SOFT_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT enabled

On 4/6/21 2:44 AM, Wang Qing wrote:
> Although softdog supports pretimeout, there is no way to set pretimeout, 
> so pretimeout will never be processed in softdog_ping(). 
> 
This is wrong. The pretimeout can be set using WDIOC_SETPRETIMEOUT, as with
every other driver supporting it. There is no need for a module parameter.

Guenter

> Here add the configuration mechanism for pretimeout and the default value
> is 1 second, so when CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT is enabled, the 
> pretimeout function defaults available.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <wangqing@...o.com>
> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/softdog.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
> index 7a10962..79e52791
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_margin,
>  	"Watchdog soft_margin in seconds. (0 < soft_margin < 65536, default="
>  					__MODULE_STRING(TIMER_MARGIN) ")");
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT
> +#define PRE_TIMER_MARGIN	1		/* Default is 1 seconds */
> +static unsigned int soft_pretimeout = PRE_TIMER_MARGIN;	/* in seconds */
> +module_param(soft_pretimeout, uint, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_pretimeout,
> +	"Watchdog soft_pretimeout in seconds. (0 < soft_pretimeout < soft_margin, default=1)");
> +#endif
> +
>  static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
>  module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
> @@ -177,6 +185,9 @@ static struct watchdog_device softdog_dev = {
>  	.min_timeout = 1,
>  	.max_timeout = 65535,
>  	.timeout = TIMER_MARGIN,
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SOFT_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT
> +	.pretimeout = PRE_TIMER_MARGIN,
> +#endif
>  };
>  
>  static int __init softdog_init(void)
>