Re: [PATCH] watchdog: fix nowayout setting in s3c2410_wdt

[Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>]

Hi Wolfram,

> > Set nowayout flag in probe function, otherwise option is useless.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marc Vertes <marc.vertes@sigfox.com>
> 
> Similar as
> 
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-watchdog/msg00704.html
> 
> which depends on
> 
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-watchdog/msg00703.html
> 
> which has the advantage that it can be used for static initialization.

Hmm, I was more thinking about a wrapper function like the following:

diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index 111843f..d8ef9b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ struct watchdog_info {
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
 #define WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT	1
 #else
@@ -122,6 +124,13 @@ struct watchdog_device {
 #define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT		3	/* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */
 };
 
+/* Use the following function to set the nowayout feature */
+static inline void watchdog_set_nowayout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, int nowayout)
+{
+	if (nowayout)
+		set_bit(WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT, &wdd->status);
+}
+
 /* Use the following functions to manipulate watchdog driver specific data */
 static inline void watchdog_set_drvdata(struct watchdog_device *wdd, void *data)
 {

but: .status = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT_INIT_STATUS, is also a nice one to have.

I propose to add both options and to document them in the documentation.
Objections anyone?

Kind regards,
Wim.