linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests: watchdog: skip ping loop if WDIOF

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Message-ID: <2a4a101b-fd39-4d0e-a967-ee671fbd9313@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:57:06 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Akhilesh Patil <akhilesh@...iitb.ac.in>, shuah@...nel.org,
 lizhijian@...itsu.com
Cc: linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 akhileshpatilvnit@...il.com, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests: watchdog: skip ping loop if
 WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING not supported

On 9/14/25 09:28, Akhilesh Patil wrote:
> Check if watchdog device supports WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING option before
> entering keep_alive() ping test loop. Fix watchdog-test silently looping
> if ioctl based ping is not supported by the device. Exit from test in
> such case instead of stucking in loop executing failing keep_alive()
> 
> Fixes: d89d08ffd2c5 ("selftests: watchdog: Fix ioctl SET* error paths to take oneshot exit path")
> Signed-off-by: Akhilesh Patil <akhilesh@...iitb.ac.in>
> ---
> 
>

Applied to linux-kselftest next branch for Linux 6.18-rc1

thanks,
-- Shuah