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From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@mentor.com>,
	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] watchdog: pretimeout: add device specific notifier pretimeout governor
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 05:50:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56546B37.2060708@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56546564.20207@mentor.com>

Hi Vladimir,

On 11/24/2015 05:25 AM, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
>
> On 24.11.2015 08:37, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On 11/20/2015 11:11 PM, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
>>> Device watchdog pretimeout governor sends a notification back to a
>>> watchdog device for further handling. This governor does nothing, if
>>> watchdog driver does not define a pretimeout callback.
>>>
>>
>> I can not make up my mind - should this be "device" or "driver" specific ?
>
> I was hesitating to select between "device" and "driver", technically
> "driver" should be more appropriate, but I'm not aware of users' accepted
> terminology, I believe ordinary users more often operate with "devices"
> rather than "drivers".
>
> Anyway it is not sufficient for me, I can rename it, if you ask.
>

Another one of those questions where additional input would help.

Thanks,
Guenter

> Best wishes,
> Vladimir
>
>>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@mentor.com>
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/watchdog/Kconfig             | 15 +++++++++++
>>>    drivers/watchdog/Makefile            |  1 +
>>>    drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_device.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>    include/linux/watchdog.h             |  2 ++
>>>    4 files changed, 67 insertions(+)
>>>    create mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_device.c
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
>>> index 7e9e2bb..6c1f7e1 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
>>> @@ -1662,6 +1662,13 @@ config WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE
>>>    	  Use userspace notifier watchdog pretimeout governor
>>>    	  by default.
>>>
>>> +config WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV_DEVICE
>>> +	bool "device"
>>> +	select WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_DEVICE
>>> +	help
>>> +	  Use device specific watchdog pretimeout event handler
>>> +	  by default.
>>> +
>>>    endchoice
>>>
>>>    config WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_NOOP
>>> @@ -1683,6 +1690,14 @@ config WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_USERSPACE
>>>    	  pretimeout event send a notification to userspace for
>>>    	  further handling.
>>>
>>> +config WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_DEVICE
>>> +	tristate "Own device watchdog pretimeout governor"
>>> +	help
>>> +	  Device watchdog pretimeout governor sends a notification
>>> +	  back to a watchdog device for further handling. This governor
>>> +	  does nothing, if watchdog driver does not define a pretimeout
>>> +	  callback.
>>> +
>>>    endif # WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV
>>>
>>>    endif # WATCHDOG
>>> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
>>> index 7d6755b..0717b64 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
>>> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Makefile
>>> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ watchdog-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV)	+= watchdog_pretimeout.o
>>>    obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_NOOP)	+= pretimeout_noop.o
>>>    obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_PANIC)	+= pretimeout_panic.o
>>>    obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_USERSPACE)	+= pretimeout_userspace.o
>>> +obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_DEVICE)	+= pretimeout_device.o
>>>
>>>    # Only one watchdog can succeed. We probe the ISA/PCI/USB based
>>>    # watchdog-cards first, then the architecture specific watchdog
>>> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_device.c b/drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_device.c
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..4ce992b
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/pretimeout_device.c
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
>>> +/*
>>> + * Copyright (C) 2015 Mentor Graphics
>>> + *
>>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>>> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>>> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>>> + * (at your option) any later version.
>>> + *
>>> + */
>>> +
>>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>>> +#include <linux/watchdog.h>
>>> +
>>> +#include <watchdog_pretimeout.h>
>>> +
>>> +/**
>>> + * pretimeout_device - Run device specific handler on watchdog pretimeout event
>>> + * @wdd - watchdog_device
>>> + *
>>> + */
>>> +static void pretimeout_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
>>> +{
>>> +	if (wdd->ops->pretimeout)
>>> +		wdd->ops->pretimeout(wdd);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static struct watchdog_governor watchdog_gov_device = {
>>> +	.name		= "device",
>>> +	.pretimeout	= pretimeout_device,
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_DEFAULT_GOV_DEVICE
>>> +	.is_default	= true,
>>> +#endif
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> +static int __init watchdog_gov_device_register(void)
>>> +{
>>> +	return watchdog_register_governor(&watchdog_gov_device);
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static void __exit watchdog_gov_device_unregister(void)
>>> +{
>>> +	watchdog_unregister_governor(&watchdog_gov_device);
>>> +}
>>> +module_init(watchdog_gov_device_register);
>>> +module_exit(watchdog_gov_device_unregister);
>>> +
>>> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@mentor.com>");
>>> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Device specific watchdog pretimeout governor");
>>> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
>>> index 960223e..597dcfb 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
>>> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct watchdog_governor;
>>>     * @status:	The routine that shows the status of the watchdog device.
>>>     * @set_timeout:The routine for setting the watchdog devices timeout value (in seconds).
>>>     * @get_timeleft:The routine that gets the time left before a reset (in seconds).
>>> + * @pretimeout: The routine that runs driver specific handler of pretimeout event.
>>>     * @ref:	The ref operation for dyn. allocated watchdog_device structs
>>>     * @unref:	The unref operation for dyn. allocated watchdog_device structs
>>>     * @ioctl:	The routines that handles extra ioctl calls.
>>> @@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ 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 (*pretimeout)(struct watchdog_device *);
>>>    	void (*ref)(struct watchdog_device *);
>>>    	void (*unref)(struct watchdog_device *);
>>>    	long (*ioctl)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
>>>
>>
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-11-24 13:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-21  7:11 [PATCH 0/6] watchdog: add watchdog pretimeout framework Vladimir Zapolskiy
2015-11-21  7:11 ` [PATCH 1/6] " Vladimir Zapolskiy
2015-11-21  7:11 ` [PATCH 2/6] watchdog: pretimeout: add noop pretimeout governor Vladimir Zapolskiy
2015-11-21  7:11 ` [PATCH 3/6] watchdog: pretimeout: add panic " Vladimir Zapolskiy
2015-11-21  7:11 ` [PATCH 4/6] watchdog: pretimeout: add userspace notifier " Vladimir Zapolskiy
2015-11-21  7:11 ` [PATCH 5/6] watchdog: pretimeout: add device specific " Vladimir Zapolskiy
2015-11-24  6:37   ` Guenter Roeck
2015-11-24 13:25     ` Vladimir Zapolskiy
2015-11-24 13:50       ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2015-11-21  7:11 ` [PATCH 6/6] watchdog: pretimeout: add ping watchdog " Vladimir Zapolskiy
2015-11-24  6:36   ` Guenter Roeck
2015-11-24 13:27     ` Vladimir Zapolskiy
2015-11-21 17:13 ` [PATCH 0/6] watchdog: add watchdog pretimeout framework Guenter Roeck
2015-11-23  0:38   ` Vladimir Zapolskiy
2015-11-24  6:47     ` Guenter Roeck
2015-11-24 13:25       ` Vladimir Zapolskiy

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