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2020-08-05watchdog: add support for adjusting last known HW keepalive timeTero Kristo
Certain watchdogs require the watchdog only to be pinged within a specific time window, pinging too early or too late cause the watchdog to fire. In cases where this sort of watchdog has been started before kernel comes up, we must adjust the watchdog keepalive window to match the actually running timer, so add a new driver API for this purpose. Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo <t-kristo@ti.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200717132958.14304-3-t-kristo@ti.com Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2020-08-05docs: watchdog: codify ident.options as superset of possible status flagsAhmad Fatoum
The FIXME comment has been in-tree since the very first git commit. The described behavior has been since relied on by some userspace, e.g. the util-linux wdctl command and has been ignored by some kernelspace, like the f71808e_wdt driver. The functionality is useful to have to be able to differentiate between a driver that doesn't support WDIOF_CARDRESET and one that does, but hasn't had a watchdog reset, thus drop the FIXME to encourage drivers adopting this convention. Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200611191750.28096-2-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2020-08-05docs: watchdog: mlx-wdt: Add description of new watchdog type 3Michael Shych
Add documentation with details of new type of Mellanox watchdog driver. Signed-off-by: Michael Shych <michaelsh@mellanox.com> Reviewed-by: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200504141427.17685-5-michaelsh@mellanox.com Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2020-05-05watchdog: update email address in conversion docWolfram Sang
The old one is defunct. However, I think it makes sense that I am still the primary contact person for updates here. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200502143103.19473-1-wsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-04-20watchdog: clarify that stop() is optionalBumsik Kim
The commit d0684c8a9354 ("watchdog: Make stop function optional") made stop function not mandatory, but the comments and the doc weren't reflected. Fix it to clarify. Signed-off-by: Bumsik Kim <k.bumsik@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200403031507.63487-1-k.bumsik@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-09-27Merge tag 'linux-watchdog-5.4-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog Pull watchdog updates from Wim Van Sebroeck: - addition of AST2600, i.MX7ULP and F81803 watchdog support - removal of the w90x900 and ks8695 drivers - ziirave_wdt improvements - small fixes and improvements * tag 'linux-watchdog-5.4-rc1' of git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog: (51 commits) watchdog: f71808e_wdt: Add F81803 support watchdog: qcom: remove unnecessary variable from private storage watchdog: qcom: support pre-timeout when the bark irq is available watchdog: imx_sc: this patch just fixes whitespaces watchdog: apseed: Add access_cs0 option for alt-boot watchdog: aspeed: add support for dual boot watchdog: orion_wdt: use timer1 as a pretimeout watchdog: Add i.MX7ULP watchdog support dt-bindings: watchdog: Add i.MX7ULP bindings dt-bindings: watchdog: sun4i: Add the watchdog clock dt-bindings: watchdog: sun4i: Add the watchdog interrupts dt-bindings: watchdog: Convert Allwinner watchdog to a schema dt-bindings: watchdog: Add YAML schemas for the generic watchdog bindings watchdog: aspeed: Add support for AST2600 dt-bindings: watchdog: Add ast2600 compatible watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Update checked I2C functionality mask watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Drop ziirave_firm_write_block_data() watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Fix DOWNLOAD_START payload watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Drop status polling code watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Fix RESET_PROCESSOR payload ...
2019-09-16watchdog: remove w90x900 driverArnd Bergmann
The ARM w90x900 platform is getting removed, so this driver is obsolete Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190809202749.742267-7-arnd@arndb.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-09-16watchdog: remove ks8695 driverArnd Bergmann
The platform is getting removed, so there are no remaining users of this driver. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190809202749.742267-5-arnd@arndb.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-07-22Merge branch 'pdf_fixes_v1' of https://git.linuxtv.org/mchehab/experimental ↵Jonathan Corbet
into mauro Bring in a set of post-thrashup fixes from Mauro.
2019-07-18Merge tag 'linux-watchdog-5.3-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog Pull watchdog updates from Wim Van Sebroeck: - add Allwinner H6 watchdog - drop warning after registering device patches - hpwdt improvements - gpio: add support for nowayout option - introduce CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT - convert remaining drivers to use SPDX license identifier - Fixes and improvements on several watchdog device drivers * tag 'linux-watchdog-5.3-rc1' of git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog: (74 commits) watchdog: digicolor_wdt: Remove unused variable in dc_wdt_probe watchdog: ie6xx_wdt: Use spinlock_t instead of struct spinlock watchdog: atmel: atmel-sama5d4-wdt: Disable watchdog on system suspend watchdog: convert remaining drivers to use SPDX license identifier dt-bindings: watchdog: Rename bindings documentation file watchdog: mei_wdt: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions watchdog: bcm_kona_wdt: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions docs: watchdog: Fix build error. docs: watchdog: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst watchdog: make the device time out at open_deadline when open_timeout is used watchdog: introduce CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT watchdog: introduce watchdog.open_timeout commandline parameter dt-bindings: watchdog: move i.MX system controller watchdog binding to SCU watchdog: imx_sc: Add pretimeout support watchdog: renesas_wdt: Add a few cycles delay watchdog: gpio: add support for nowayout option watchdog: renesas_wdt: Use 'dev' instead of dereferencing it repeatedly dt-bindings: watchdog: add Allwinner H6 watchdog watchdog: jz4740: Avoid starting watchdog in set_timeout watchdog: jz4740: Use register names from <linux/mfd/ingenic-tcu.h> ...
2019-07-17docs: fix broken doc references due to renamesMauro Carvalho Chehab
Some files got renamed but probably due to some merge conflicts, a few references still point to the old locations. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
2019-07-15docs: add some directories to the main documentation indexMauro Carvalho Chehab
The contents of those directories were orphaned at the documentation body. While those directories could likely be moved to be inside some guide, I'm opting to just adding their indexes to the main one, removing the :orphan: and adding the SPDX header. For the drivers, the rationale is that the documentation contains a mix of Kernelspace, uAPI and admin-guide. So, better to keep them on separate directories, as we've be doing with similar subsystem-specific docs that were not split yet. For the others, well... I'm too lazy to do the move. Also, it seems to make sense to keep at least some of those at the main dir (like kbuild, for example). In any case, a latter patch could do the move. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
2019-07-08docs: watchdog: Fix build error.Jerry Hoemann
make htmldocs fails due to missing blank line following header. Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-07-08docs: watchdog: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rstMauro Carvalho Chehab
Convert those documents and prepare them to be part of the kernel API book, as most of the stuff there are related to the Kernel interfaces. Still, in the future, it would make sense to split the docs, as some of the stuff is clearly focused on sysadmin tasks. The conversion is actually: - add blank lines and identation in order to identify paragraphs; - fix tables markups; - add some lists markups; - mark literal blocks; - adjust title markups. At its new index.rst, let's add a :orphan: while this is not linked to the main index.rst file, in order to avoid build warnings. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-07-08watchdog: introduce CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUTRasmus Villemoes
This allows setting a default value for the watchdog.open_timeout commandline parameter via Kconfig. Some BSPs allow remote updating of the kernel image and root file system, but updating the bootloader requires physical access. Hence, if one has a firmware update that requires relaxing the watchdog.open_timeout a little, the value used must be baked into the kernel image itself and cannot come from the u-boot environment via the kernel command line. Being able to set the initial value in .config doesn't change the fact that the value on the command line, if present, takes precedence, and is of course immensely useful for development purposes while one has console acccess, as well as usable in the cases where one can make a permanent update of the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-07-08watchdog: introduce watchdog.open_timeout commandline parameterRasmus Villemoes
The watchdog framework takes care of feeding a hardware watchdog until userspace opens /dev/watchdogN. If that never happens for some reason (buggy init script, corrupt root filesystem or whatnot) but the kernel itself is fine, the machine stays up indefinitely. This patch allows setting an upper limit for how long the kernel will take care of the watchdog, thus ensuring that the watchdog will eventually reset the machine. A value of 0 (the default) means infinite timeout, preserving the current behaviour. This is particularly useful for embedded devices where some fallback logic is implemented in the bootloader (e.g., use a different root partition, boot from network, ...). There is already handle_boot_enabled serving a similar purpose. However, such a binary choice is unsuitable if the hardware watchdog cannot be programmed by the bootloader to provide a timeout long enough for userspace to get up and running. Many of the embedded devices we see use external (gpio-triggered) watchdogs with a fixed timeout of the order of 1-2 seconds. The open timeout only applies for the first open from userspace. Should userspace need to close the watchdog device, with the intention of re-opening it shortly, the application can emulate the open timeout feature by combining the nowayout feature with an appropriate WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT immediately prior to closing the device. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-07-08watchdog/hpwdt: Update documentationJerry Hoemann
Update documentation to explain new module parameter kdumptimeout. Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-06-14docs: watchdog: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rstMauro Carvalho Chehab
Convert those documents and prepare them to be part of the kernel API book, as most of the stuff there are related to the Kernel interfaces. Still, in the future, it would make sense to split the docs, as some of the stuff is clearly focused on sysadmin tasks. The conversion is actually: - add blank lines and identation in order to identify paragraphs; - fix tables markups; - add some lists markups; - mark literal blocks; - adjust title markups. At its new index.rst, let's add a :orphan: while this is not linked to the main index.rst file, in order to avoid build warnings. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-06-14docs: kdump: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rstMauro Carvalho Chehab
Convert kdump documentation to ReST and add it to the user faced manual, as the documents are mainly focused on sysadmins that would be enabling kdump. Note: the vmcoreinfo.rst has one very long title on one of its sub-sections: PG_lru|PG_private|PG_swapcache|PG_swapbacked|PG_slab|PG_hwpoision|PG_head_mask|PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_buddy)|PAGE_OFFLINE_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_offline) I opted to break this one, into two entries with the same content, in order to make it easier to display after being parsed in html and PDF. The conversion is actually: - add blank lines and identation in order to identify paragraphs; - fix tables markups; - add some lists markups; - mark literal blocks; - adjust title markups. At its new index.rst, let's add a :orphan: while this is not linked to the main index.rst file, in order to avoid build warnings. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-03-02Documentation/watchdog: Add documentation mlx-wdt driverMichael Shych
Add documentation with details of Mellanox watchdog driver. Signed-off-by: Michael Shych <michaelsh@mellanox.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2018-12-24watchdog: docs: kernel-api: don't reference removed functionsWolfram Sang
Those functions are not only deprecated, but gone for good. Fixes: 62cd1c40ce1c ("watchdog: kill unref/ref ops") Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2018-12-24watchdog: add documentation for PM usageWolfram Sang
Add the first rule we recently agreed on. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2018-10-13documentation: watchdog: add documentation for armada-37xx-wdtMarek Behún
Add documentation for the kernel module parameters accepted by armada-37xx-wdt. Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <marek.behun@nic.cz> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2018-10-02watchdog: hpwdt: Update Driver Documentation.Jerry Hoemann
Remove references to deprecated features like NMI sourcing and obsoleted module parameters. Add details concerning new module parameter pretimeout and tips to programming it. Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2018-03-26watchdog: remove bfin_wdt driverArnd Bergmann
The blackfin architecture is getting removed, so this driver has become obsolete. Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Acked-by: Aaron Wu <aaron.wu@analog.com> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
2018-02-03documentation: watchdog: remove documentation of w83697hf_wdt/w83697ug_wdtCorentin Labbe
Since w83697hf_wdt/w83697ug_wdt watchdogs drivers were removed in commit 7285fae9345e ("watchdog: Remove drivers for W83697HF and W83697UG") There are no need to keep their documentation Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe@baylibre.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2018-02-03documentation: watchdog: remove documentation for ixp2000Corentin Labbe
The ixp2000 watchdog driver was removed in commit 065e8238302b ("watchdog: remove ixp2000 driver") No need to keep its documentation, so remove it. Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe@baylibre.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2018-02-03documentation: watchdog: remove documentation of at32ap700x_wdtCorentin Labbe
Since at32ap700x_wdt is gone, no need to keep its documentation Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe@baylibre.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2017-10-19Documentation: fix selftests related file refsTom Saeger
Make refs to selftests files valid including: - watchdog-test.c - dnotify_test.c Signed-off-by: Tom Saeger <tom.saeger@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-09-09watchdog: Revert "iTCO_wdt: all versions count down twice"Wim Van Sebroeck
This reverts commit 1fccb73011ea8a5fa0c6d357c33fa29c695139ea. Reported as Bug 196509 - iTCO_wdt regression reboot before timeout expire Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2017-07-03watchdog: uniphier: add UniPhier watchdog driverKeiji Hayashibara
Add a watchdog driver for Socionext UniPhier series SoC. Note that the timeout value for this device must be a power of 2 because of the specification. Signed-off-by: Keiji Hayashibara <hayashibara.keiji@socionext.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2017-05-19iTCO_wdt: all versions count down twicePaolo Bonzini
The ICH9 is listed as having TCO v2, and indeed the behavior in the datasheet corresponds to v2 (for example the NO_REBOOT flag is accessible via the 16KiB-aligned Root Complex Base Address). However, the TCO counts twice just like in v1; the documentation of the SECOND_TO_STS bit says: "ICH9 sets this bit to 1 to indicate that the TIMEOUT bit had been (or is currently) set and a second timeout occurred before the TCO_RLD register was written. If this bit is set and the NO_REBOOT config bit is 0, then the ICH9 will reboot the system after the second timeout. The same can be found in the BayTrail (Atom E3800) datasheet, and even HOWTOs around the Internet say that it will reboot after _twice_ the specified heartbeat. I did not find the Apollo Lake datasheet, but because v4/v5 has a SECOND_TO_STS bit just like the previous version I'm enabling this for Apollo Lake as well. Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2017-02-24watchdog: Introduce watchdog_stop_on_unregister helperGuenter Roeck
Many watchdog drivers explicitly stop the watchdog when unregistering it. While it is unclear if this is actually needed (the whatdog should not be running at that time if it can be stopped), introduce a helper to explicitly stop the watchdog in the watchdog core when unregistering it. This helps reducing driver code size while retaining functionality. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2017-02-24watchdog: nic7018_wdt: Add NIC7018 watchdog driverHui Chun Ong
Add support for the watchdog timer on PXI Embedded Controller. Signed-off-by: Hui Chun Ong <hui.chun.ong@ni.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2016-10-24docs: fix locations of several documents that got movedMauro Carvalho Chehab
The previous patch renamed several files that are cross-referenced along the Kernel documentation. Adjust the links to point to the right places. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-10-14Merge tag 'linux-kselftest-4.9-rc1-update' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest Pull kselftest updates from Shuah Khan: "This update consists of: - Fixes and improvements to existing tests - Moving code from Documentation to selftests, samples, and tools: * Moves dnotify_test, prctl, ptp, vDSO, ia64, watchdog, and networking tests from Documentation to selftests. * Moves mic/mpssd, misc-devices/mei, timers, watchdog, auxdisplay, and blackfin examples from Documentation to samples. * Moves accounting, laptops/dslm, and pcmcia/crc32hash tools from Documentation to tools. * Deletes BUILD_DOCSRC and its dependencies" * tag 'linux-kselftest-4.9-rc1-update' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest: (21 commits) selftests/futex: Check ANSI terminal color support Doc: update 00-INDEX files to reflect the runnable code move samples: move blackfin gptimers-example from Documentation tools: move pcmcia crc32hash tool from Documentation tools: move laptops dslm tool from Documentation tools: move accounting tool from Documentation samples: move auxdisplay example code from Documentation samples: move watchdog example code from Documentation samples: move timers example code from Documentation samples: move misc-devices/mei example code from Documentation samples: move mic/mpssd example code from Documentation selftests: Move networking/timestamping from Documentation selftests: move watchdog tests from Documentation/watchdog selftests: move ia64 tests from Documentation/ia64 selftests: move vDSO tests from Documentation/vDSO selftests: move ptp tests from Documentation/ptp selftests: move prctl tests from Documentation/prctl selftests: move dnotify_test from Documentation/filesystems selftests/timers: Add missing error code assignment before test selftests/zram: replace ZRAM_LZ4_COMPRESS ...
2016-10-08watchdog: add watchdog pretimeout governor frameworkVladimir Zapolskiy
The change adds a simple watchdog pretimeout framework infrastructure, its purpose is to allow users to select a desired handling of watchdog pretimeout events, which may be generated by some watchdog devices. A user selects a default watchdog pretimeout governor during compilation stage. Watchdogs with WDIOF_PRETIMEOUT capability now have one more device attribute in sysfs, pretimeout_governor attribute is intended to display the selected watchdog pretimeout governor. The framework has no impact at runtime on watchdog devices with no WDIOF_PRETIMEOUT capability set. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@mentor.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Reviewed-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> Tested-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2016-09-24watchdog: add pretimeout support to the coreWolfram Sang
Since the watchdog framework centrializes the IOCTL interfaces of device drivers now, SETPRETIMEOUT and GETPRETIMEOUT need to be added in the common code. Signed-off-by: Robin Gong <b38343@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> [vzapolskiy: added conditional pretimeout sysfs attribute visibility] Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@mentor.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2016-09-23samples: move watchdog example code from DocumentationShuah Khan
Move watchdog examples to samples and remove it from Documentation Makefile. Create a new Makefile to build watchdog. It can be built from top level directory or from watchdog directory: Run make -C samples/watchdog or cd samples/watchdog; make Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
2016-09-20selftests: move watchdog tests from Documentation/watchdogShuah Khan
Remove watchdog-test from Makefile to move the test to selftests. Add Makefile and .gitignore for watchdog-test. watchdog-test will not be run as part of selftests suite and will not be included in install targets. It can be built separately for now. Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
2016-07-25Documentation/watchdog: check return value for magic closeArnd Bergmann
A recent commit added a write to the watchdog test code for doing the "magic close", but that caused a compile-time warning: Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c: In function ‘main’: Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-test.c:94:5: warning: ignoring return value of ‘write’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result] This changes the code to print a runtime warning if the write fails. Fixes: 5a2d3de19602 ("Documentation/watchdog: add support for magic close to watchdog-test") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2016-07-19watchdog: Implement status function in watchdog coreGuenter Roeck
Up to now, the watchdog status function called a driver function, which was supposed to return the watchdog status. All but one driver using the watchdog core did not implement this function, and the driver implementing it did not implement it correctly (the function is supposed to return WDIOF_ flags). At the same time, at least some of the status information can be provided by the watchdog core. Provide the available status bits directly from the watchdog driver core. Call the driver status function if it exists to get the boot status, but always provide WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE and WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING internally. This patch makes the 'status' sysfs attribute always available. This attribute is now displayed as hex number with 0x prepended to be easier to decode. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2016-07-17Documentation/watchdog: add support for magic close to watchdog-testTimur Tabi
Some drivers have the WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE set, which means that applications need to write 'V' to the watchdog device before closing, otherwise the driver won't stop the watchdog timer. Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2016-07-17Documentation/watchdog: use stdout instead of stderr in watchdog-testTimur Tabi
The watchdog-test utility outputs all messages to stderr, even those that are not error messages. Output to stdout instead. Instead of flushing the output after every write, just disabled the output buffer. Also display a dot for every ping of the watchdog, so that the user knows that it's working. Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@codeaurora.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2016-07-17watchdog: Improve description of min_hw_heartbeat_msGuenter Roeck
The description of min_hw_heartbeat_ms is misleading and needs some improvements. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2016-07-17watchdog: hpwdt: remove email address from docBrian Boylston
Remove Tom's email address from the documentation Signed-off-by: Brian Boylston <brian.boylston@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2016-05-14Documentation: Add ebc-c384_wdt watchdog-parameters.txt entryWilliam Breathitt Gray
The WinSystems EBC-C384 watchdog timer driver supports two module parameters: timeout and nowayout. These parameters should be documented in the watchdog-parameters.txt file. Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2016-05-14watchdog: hpwdt: Adjust documentation to match latest kernel module parameters.Nigel Croxon
Adjust documentation to match latest kernel module parameters. Signed-off-by: Nigel Croxon <nigel.croxon@hpe.com> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
2016-03-19Merge git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdogLinus Torvalds
Pull watchdog updates from Wim Van Sebroeck: - new drivers for: NI 903x/913x watchdog driver, WinSystems EBC-C384 watchdog timer and ARM SBSA watchdog driver - Support for NCT6102D devices - Improvements of the generic watchdog framework (improve restart handler, make set_timeout optional, introduce infrastructure triggered keepalives, ... - improvements on the pnx4008 watchdog driver - several smaller fixes and improvements * git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog: (28 commits) watchdog: Ensure that wdd is not dereferenced if NULL watchdog: imx2: Convert to use infrastructure triggered keepalives watchdog: dw_wdt: Convert to use watchdog infrastructure watchdog: Add support for minimum time between heartbeats watchdog: Make stop function optional watchdog: Introduce WDOG_HW_RUNNING flag watchdog: Introduce hardware maximum heartbeat in watchdog core watchdog: Make set_timeout function optional arm: lpc32xx: remove restart handler arm: lpc32xx: phy3250 remove restart hook watchdog: pnx4008: restart: support "cmd" from userspace watchdog: pnx4008: add support for soft reset watchdog: pnx4008: add restart handler watchdog: pnx4008: update logging during power-on watchdog: tangox_wdt: test clock rate to avoid division by 0 watchdog: atlas7_wdt: test clock rate to avoid division by 0 watchdog: s3c2410_wdt: Add max and min timeout values Watchdog: introduce ARM SBSA watchdog driver Documentation: add sbsa-gwdt driver documentation watchdog: Add watchdog timer support for the WinSystems EBC-C384 ...
2016-03-16watchdog: Add support for minimum time between heartbeatsGuenter Roeck
Some watchdogs require a minimum time between heartbeats. Examples are the watchdogs in DA9062 and AT91SAM9x. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>