[PATCH 8/10 v2] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver

From: Wim Van Sebroeck
Date: Sat Jun 18 2011 - 13:26:44 EST


watchdog: WatchDog Timer Driver Core - Part 8

Add support for a parent device so that it can
be set as the parent of the misc_device.

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx>

diff -urN linux-2.6.38-generic-part7/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c linux-2.6.38-generic-part8/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c
--- linux-2.6.38-generic-part7/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c 2011-06-17 09:52:32.866632635 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.38-generic-part8/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c 2011-06-17 12:03:43.389063903 +0200
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
wdt_reset();
mod_timer(&timer, jiffies + WDT_HEARTBEAT);
} else
- pr_crit("I will reboot your machine !\n");
+ dev_crit(wdt_dev.parent, "I will reboot your machine !\n");
}

/*
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
mod_timer(&timer, jiffies + WDT_HEARTBEAT);

/* Start the watchdog timer hardware here */
- pr_info("wdt_start\n");
+ dev_info(wdt_dev.parent, "wdt_start\n");

return 0;
}
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
static int wdt_stop(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
{
/* The watchdog timer hardware can not be stopped... */
- pr_info("wdt_stop\n");
+ dev_info(wdt_dev.parent, "wdt_stop\n");

return 0;
}
@@ -157,17 +157,19 @@

/* Set watchdog_device parameters */
wdt_dev.timeout = timeout;
+ wdt_dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
if (nowayout)
set_bit(WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT, &wdt_dev.status);

/* Register the watchdog timer device */
res = watchdog_register_device(&wdt_dev);
if (res) {
- pr_err("watchdog_register_device returned %d\n", res);
+ dev_err(wdt_dev.parent,
+ "watchdog_register_device returned %d\n", res);
return res;
}

- pr_info("enabled (timeout=%d sec)\n", timeout);
+ dev_info(wdt_dev.parent, "enabled (timeout=%d sec)\n", timeout);

return 0;
}
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@
watchdog_unregister_device(&wdt_dev);

/* stop and delete the timer */
- pr_warn("I quit now, hardware will probably reboot!\n");
+ dev_warn(wdt_dev.parent, "I quit now, hardware will probably reboot!\n");
del_timer(&timer);

/* Unregister other stuff */
diff -urN linux-2.6.38-generic-part7/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt linux-2.6.38-generic-part8/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
--- linux-2.6.38-generic-part7/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt 2011-06-17 09:58:20.754629453 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.38-generic-part8/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt 2011-06-17 10:03:41.326632851 +0200
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
char *name;
const struct watchdog_info *info;
const struct watchdog_ops *ops;
+ struct device *parent;
int timeout;
int bootstatus;
long status;
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@
* 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.
+* parent: a pointer to the parent device of the watchdog. This will be set
+ as the parent of the misc device.
* timeout: the watchdog timer's timeout value (in seconds).
* bootstatus: status of the device after booting (reported with watchdog
WDIOF_* status bits).
diff -urN linux-2.6.38-generic-part7/drivers/watchdog/core/watchdog_dev.c linux-2.6.38-generic-part8/drivers/watchdog/core/watchdog_dev.c
--- linux-2.6.38-generic-part7/drivers/watchdog/core/watchdog_dev.c 2011-06-17 09:52:32.870632731 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.38-generic-part8/drivers/watchdog/core/watchdog_dev.c 2011-06-17 10:03:41.326632851 +0200
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@

/* Register the miscdevice */
dbg("Register a new /dev/watchdog device");
+ watchdog_miscdev.parent = watchdog->parent;
err = misc_register(&watchdog_miscdev);
if (err != 0) {
pr_err("%s: cannot register miscdev on minor=%d (err=%d).\n",
diff -urN linux-2.6.38-generic-part7/include/linux/watchdog.h linux-2.6.38-generic-part8/include/linux/watchdog.h
--- linux-2.6.38-generic-part7/include/linux/watchdog.h 2011-06-17 12:17:39.205063756 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.38-generic-part8/include/linux/watchdog.h 2011-06-17 12:17:52.893063162 +0200
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
char *name;
const struct watchdog_info *info;
const struct watchdog_ops *ops;
+ struct device *parent;
int bootstatus;
int timeout;
long status;
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