From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:65035 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752087Ab1FRTIE (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:08:04 -0400 From: Arnd Bergmann To: Wim Van Sebroeck Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/10 v2] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:07:45 +0200 Cc: LKML , Linux Watchdog Mailing List , Alan Cox References: <20110618172537.GH3441@infomag.iguana.be> In-Reply-To: <20110618172537.GH3441@infomag.iguana.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201106182107.45682.arnd@arndb.de> Sender: linux-watchdog-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 18 June 2011 19:25:37 Wim Van Sebroeck wrote: > diff -urN linux-2.6.38-generic-part6/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c linux-2.6.38-generic-part7/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c > --- linux-2.6.38-generic-part6/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c 2011-06-16 21:04:06.283940741 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.38-generic-part7/Documentation/watchdog/src/watchdog-with-timer-example.c 2011-06-17 09:52:32.866632635 +0200 > @@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ > MODULE_PARM_DESC(timeout, "Watchdog timeout in seconds. " > "(default = " __MODULE_STRING(WDT_TIMEOUT) ")"); > > +static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT; > +module_param(nowayout, int, 0); > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started. " > + "(default = " __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")"); > + > static struct watchdog_device wdt_dev; > static void wdt_timer_tick(unsigned long data); > static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_tick, 0, 0); > @@ -152,6 +157,8 @@ > > /* Set watchdog_device parameters */ > wdt_dev.timeout = timeout; > + if (nowayout) > + set_bit(WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT, &wdt_dev.status); > > /* Register the watchdog timer device */ > res = watchdog_register_device(&wdt_dev); Why is this a feature of the individual drivers and not of the core? Maybe it can be in both, so existing drivers don't need to change the user interface, but new drivers don't have to provide the option individually when you can simply set it for the base module. Arnd