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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-watchdog51
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/alphascale-asm9260.txt35
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/mt7621-wdt.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sigma,smp8642-wdt.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/ts4800-wdt.txt25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/ziirave-wdt.txt19
-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt77
7 files changed, 197 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-watchdog b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-watchdog
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..736046b33040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-watchdog
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/bootstatus
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It contains status of the watchdog
+ device at boot. It is equivalent to WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS of
+ ioctl interface.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/identity
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It contains identity string of
+ watchdog device.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/nowayout
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. While reading, it gives '1' if that
+ device supports nowayout feature else, it gives '0'.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/state
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It gives active/inactive status of
+ watchdog device.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/status
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It contains watchdog device's
+ internal status bits. It is equivalent to WDIOC_GETSTATUS
+ of ioctl interface.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/timeleft
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It contains value of time left for
+ reset generation. It is equivalent to WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT of
+ ioctl interface.
+
+What: /sys/class/watchdog/watchdogn/timeout
+Date: August 2015
+Contact: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
+Description:
+ It is a read only file. It is read to know about current
+ value of timeout programmed.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/alphascale-asm9260.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/alphascale-asm9260.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75b265a04047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/alphascale-asm9260.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Alphascale asm9260 Watchdog timer
+
+Required properties:
+
+- compatible : should be "alphascale,asm9260-wdt".
+- reg : Specifies base physical address and size of the registers.
+- clocks : the clocks feeding the watchdog timer. See clock-bindings.txt
+- clock-names : should be set to
+ "mod" - source for tick counter.
+ "ahb" - ahb gate.
+- resets : phandle pointing to the system reset controller with
+ line index for the watchdog.
+- reset-names : should be set to "wdt_rst".
+
+Optional properties:
+- timeout-sec : shall contain the default watchdog timeout in seconds,
+ if unset, the default timeout is 30 seconds.
+- alphascale,mode : three modes are supported
+ "hw" - hw reset (default).
+ "sw" - sw reset.
+ "debug" - no action is taken.
+
+Example:
+
+watchdog0: watchdog@80048000 {
+ compatible = "alphascale,asm9260-wdt";
+ reg = <0x80048000 0x10>;
+ clocks = <&acc CLKID_SYS_WDT>, <&acc CLKID_AHB_WDT>;
+ clock-names = "mod", "ahb";
+ interrupts = <55>;
+ resets = <&rst WDT_RESET>;
+ reset-names = "wdt_rst";
+ timeout-sec = <30>;
+ alphascale,mode = "hw";
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/mt7621-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/mt7621-wdt.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c15ef0ef609f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/mt7621-wdt.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Ralink Watchdog Timers
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: must be "mediatek,mt7621-wdt"
+- reg: physical base address of the controller and length of the register range
+
+Example:
+
+ watchdog@100 {
+ compatible = "mediatek,mt7621-wdt";
+ reg = <0x100 0x10>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sigma,smp8642-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sigma,smp8642-wdt.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b7ec2c707d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/sigma,smp8642-wdt.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Sigma Designs SMP86xx/SMP87xx watchdog
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: Should be "sigma,smp8642-wdt"
+- reg: Specifies the physical address region
+- clocks: Should be a phandle to the clock
+
+Optional properties:
+- timeout-sec: watchdog timeout in seconds
+
+Example:
+
+watchdog@1fd00 {
+ compatible = "sigma,smp8642-wdt";
+ reg = <0x1fd00 8>;
+ clocks = <&xtal_in_clk>;
+ timeout-sec = <30>;
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/ts4800-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/ts4800-wdt.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f6caad4258d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/ts4800-wdt.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Technologic Systems Watchdog
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: must be "technologic,ts4800-wdt"
+- syscon: phandle / integer array that points to the syscon node which
+ describes the FPGA's syscon registers.
+ - phandle to FPGA's syscon
+ - offset to the watchdog register
+
+Optional property:
+- timeout-sec: contains the watchdog timeout in seconds.
+
+Example:
+
+syscon: syscon@b0010000 {
+ compatible = "syscon", "simple-mfd";
+ reg = <0xb0010000 0x3d>;
+ reg-io-width = <2>;
+
+ wdt@e {
+ compatible = "technologic,ts4800-wdt";
+ syscon = <&syscon 0xe>;
+ timeout-sec = <10>;
+ };
+}
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/ziirave-wdt.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/ziirave-wdt.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3d878184ec3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/ziirave-wdt.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Zodiac RAVE Watchdog Timer
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: must be "zii,rave-wdt"
+- reg: i2c slave address of device, usually 0x38
+
+Optional Properties:
+- timeout-sec: Watchdog timeout value in seconds.
+- reset-duration-ms: Duration of the pulse generated when the watchdog times
+ out. Value in milliseconds.
+
+Example:
+
+ watchdog@38 {
+ compatible = "zii,rave-wdt";
+ reg = <0x38>;
+ timeout-sec = <30>;
+ reset-duration-ms = <30>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index d8b0d3367706..55120a055a14 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -44,17 +44,18 @@ The watchdog device structure looks like this:
struct watchdog_device {
int id;
- struct cdev cdev;
- struct device *dev;
struct device *parent;
+ const struct attribute_group **groups;
const struct watchdog_info *info;
const struct watchdog_ops *ops;
unsigned int bootstatus;
unsigned int timeout;
unsigned int min_timeout;
unsigned int max_timeout;
+ struct notifier_block reboot_nb;
+ struct notifier_block restart_nb;
void *driver_data;
- struct mutex lock;
+ struct watchdog_core_data *wd_data;
unsigned long status;
struct list_head deferred;
};
@@ -64,27 +65,32 @@ It contains following fields:
/dev/watchdog0 cdev (dynamic major, minor 0) as well as the old
/dev/watchdog miscdev. The id is set automatically when calling
watchdog_register_device.
-* cdev: cdev for the dynamic /dev/watchdog<id> device nodes. This
- field is also populated by watchdog_register_device.
-* dev: device under the watchdog class (created by watchdog_register_device).
* parent: set this to the parent device (or NULL) before calling
watchdog_register_device.
+* groups: List of sysfs attribute groups to create when creating the watchdog
+ device.
* info: a pointer to a watchdog_info structure. This structure gives some
additional information about the watchdog timer itself. (Like it's unique name)
* ops: a pointer to the list of watchdog operations that the watchdog supports.
* timeout: the watchdog timer's timeout value (in seconds).
* min_timeout: the watchdog timer's minimum timeout value (in seconds).
* max_timeout: the watchdog timer's maximum timeout value (in seconds).
+* reboot_nb: notifier block that is registered for reboot notifications, for
+ internal use only. If the driver calls watchdog_stop_on_reboot, watchdog core
+ will stop the watchdog on such notifications.
+* restart_nb: notifier block that is registered for machine restart, for
+ internal use only. If a watchdog is capable of restarting the machine, it
+ should define ops->restart. Priority can be changed through
+ watchdog_set_restart_priority.
* bootstatus: status of the device after booting (reported with watchdog
WDIOF_* status bits).
* driver_data: a pointer to the drivers private data of a watchdog device.
This data should only be accessed via the watchdog_set_drvdata and
watchdog_get_drvdata routines.
-* lock: Mutex for WatchDog Timer Driver Core internal use only.
+* wd_data: a pointer to watchdog core internal data.
* status: this field contains a number of status bits that give extra
information about the status of the device (Like: is the watchdog timer
- running/active, is the nowayout bit set, is the device opened via
- the /dev/watchdog interface or not, ...).
+ running/active, or is the nowayout bit set).
* deferred: entry in wtd_deferred_reg_list which is used to
register early initialized watchdogs.
@@ -100,8 +106,9 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
unsigned int (*status)(struct watchdog_device *);
int (*set_timeout)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int);
unsigned int (*get_timeleft)(struct watchdog_device *);
- void (*ref)(struct watchdog_device *);
- void (*unref)(struct watchdog_device *);
+ int (*restart)(struct watchdog_device *);
+ void (*ref)(struct watchdog_device *) __deprecated;
+ void (*unref)(struct watchdog_device *) __deprecated;
long (*ioctl)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
};
@@ -110,20 +117,6 @@ driver's operations. This module owner will be used to lock the module when
the watchdog is active. (This to avoid a system crash when you unload the
module and /dev/watchdog is still open).
-If the watchdog_device struct is dynamically allocated, just locking the module
-is not enough and a driver also needs to define the ref and unref operations to
-ensure the structure holding the watchdog_device does not go away.
-
-The simplest (and usually sufficient) implementation of this is to:
-1) Add a kref struct to the same structure which is holding the watchdog_device
-2) Define a release callback for the kref which frees the struct holding both
-3) Call kref_init on this kref *before* calling watchdog_register_device()
-4) Define a ref operation calling kref_get on this kref
-5) Define a unref operation calling kref_put on this kref
-6) When it is time to cleanup:
- * Do not kfree() the struct holding both, the last kref_put will do this!
- * *After* calling watchdog_unregister_device() call kref_put on the kref
-
Some operations are mandatory and some are optional. The mandatory operations
are:
* start: this is a pointer to the routine that starts the watchdog timer
@@ -164,34 +157,23 @@ they are supported. These optional routines/operations are:
(Note: the WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT needs to be set in the options field of the
watchdog's info structure).
* get_timeleft: this routines returns the time that's left before a reset.
-* ref: the operation that calls kref_get on the kref of a dynamically
- allocated watchdog_device struct.
-* unref: the operation that calls kref_put on the kref of a dynamically
- allocated watchdog_device struct.
+* restart: this routine restarts the machine. It returns 0 on success or a
+ negative errno code for failure.
* ioctl: if this routine is present then it will be called first before we do
our own internal ioctl call handling. This routine should return -ENOIOCTLCMD
if a command is not supported. The parameters that are passed to the ioctl
call are: watchdog_device, cmd and arg.
+The 'ref' and 'unref' operations are no longer used and deprecated.
+
The status bits should (preferably) be set with the set_bit and clear_bit alike
bit-operations. The status bits that are defined are:
* WDOG_ACTIVE: this status bit indicates whether or not a watchdog timer device
is active or not. When the watchdog is active after booting, then you should
set this status bit (Note: when you register the watchdog timer device with
this bit set, then opening /dev/watchdog will skip the start operation)
-* WDOG_DEV_OPEN: this status bit shows whether or not the watchdog device
- was opened via /dev/watchdog.
- (This bit should only be used by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core).
-* WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE: this bit stores whether or not the magic close character
- has been sent (so that we can support the magic close feature).
- (This bit should only be used by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core).
* 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.
-* WDOG_UNREGISTERED: this bit gets set by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core
- after calling watchdog_unregister_device, and then checked before calling
- any watchdog_ops, so that you can be sure that no operations (other then
- unref) will get called after unregister, even if userspace still holds a
- reference to /dev/watchdog
To set the WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT status bit (before registering your watchdog
timer device) you can either:
@@ -231,3 +213,18 @@ the device tree (if the module timeout parameter is invalid). Best practice is
to set the default timeout value as timeout value in the watchdog_device and
then use this function to set the user "preferred" timeout value.
This routine returns zero on success and a negative errno code for failure.
+
+To disable the watchdog on reboot, the user must call the following helper:
+
+static inline void watchdog_stop_on_reboot(struct watchdog_device *wdd);
+
+To change the priority of the restart handler the following helper should be
+used:
+
+void watchdog_set_restart_priority(struct watchdog_device *wdd, int priority);
+
+User should follow the following guidelines for setting the priority:
+* 0: should be called in last resort, has limited restart capabilities
+* 128: default restart handler, use if no other handler is expected to be
+ available, and/or if restart is sufficient to restart the entire system
+* 255: highest priority, will preempt all other restart handlers