watchdog: add nowayout helpers to Watchdog Timer Driver Kernel API
authorWim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:24:16 +0000 (16:24 +0100)
committerWim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Fri, 6 Jan 2012 14:22:04 +0000 (15:22 +0100)
Add two nowayout helpers for the Watchdog Timer Driver Kernel API.
And apply this to the already converted drivers.
Note: s3c2410_wdt lost the nowayout feature during the conversion.

Reviewed-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
drivers/watchdog/s3c2410_wdt.c
drivers/watchdog/wm831x_wdt.c
include/linux/watchdog.h

index 4f7c894244d2438cb1d2a7d943136e26e46705ec..4b93c28e35c672925d88e5460c0a1c4cb6da7ca7 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The Linux WatchDog Timer Driver Core kernel API.
 ===============================================
-Last reviewed: 22-Jul-2011
+Last reviewed: 29-Nov-2011
 
 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
 
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ bit-operations. The status bits that are defined are:
 * WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT: this bit stores the nowayout setting for the watchdog.
   If this bit is set then the watchdog timer will not be able to stop.
 
+  To set the WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT status bit (before registering your watchdog
+  timer device) you can either:
+  * set it statically in your watchdog_device struct with
+       .status = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT_INIT_STATUS,
+    (this will set the value the same as CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) or
+  * use the following helper function:
+  static inline void watchdog_set_nowayout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, int nowayout)
+
 Note: The WatchDog Timer Driver Core supports the magic close feature and
 the nowayout feature. To use the magic close feature you must set the
 WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE bit in the options field of the watchdog's info structure.
index a79e3840782ad3f286f0971b4a3cd7f6d5a1ff0b..4bc3744e14e4bf54f80a84585d3626d64635ba21 100644 (file)
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ static int __devinit s3c2410wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                                                        "cannot start\n");
        }
 
+       watchdog_set_nowayout(&s3c2410_wdd, nowayout);
+
        ret = watchdog_register_device(&s3c2410_wdd);
        if (ret) {
                dev_err(dev, "cannot register watchdog (%d)\n", ret);
index beb3ad2294d3a9271657630a990537d191b16331..6cd1ba41b47cafcc85aeee6d475d6d3fbff06310 100644 (file)
@@ -213,11 +213,9 @@ static int __devinit wm831x_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
        wm831x_wdt->info = &wm831x_wdt_info;
        wm831x_wdt->ops = &wm831x_wdt_ops;
+       watchdog_set_nowayout(wm831x_wdt, nowayout);
        watchdog_set_drvdata(wm831x_wdt, driver_data);
 
-       if (nowayout)
-               wm831x_wdt->status |= WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT;
-
        reg = wm831x_reg_read(wm831x, WM831X_WATCHDOG);
        reg &= WM831X_WDOG_TO_MASK;
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(wm831x_wdt_cfgs); i++)
index 111843f88b2a97dc87434631335ab95b6e786b45..43ba5b3ce2a3ac6be68b8aacd2b3740953113b25 100644 (file)
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ struct watchdog_info {
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
-#define WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT      1
-#else
-#define WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT      0
-#endif
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 
 struct watchdog_ops;
 struct watchdog_device;
@@ -122,6 +118,21 @@ struct watchdog_device {
 #define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT                3       /* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
+#define WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT              1
+#define WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT_INIT_STATUS  (1 << WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT)
+#else
+#define WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT              0
+#define WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT_INIT_STATUS  0
+#endif
+
+/* Use the following function to set the nowayout feature */
+static inline void watchdog_set_nowayout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, int nowayout)
+{
+       if (nowayout)
+               set_bit(WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT, &wdd->status);
+}
+
 /* Use the following functions to manipulate watchdog driver specific data */
 static inline void watchdog_set_drvdata(struct watchdog_device *wdd, void *data)
 {