If there is an unexpected close, still allow the watchdog interface to be re-opened on the IPMI watchdog. Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard Index: linux-2.6.10/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.10.orig/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c +++ linux-2.6.10/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c @@ -723,11 +723,11 @@ if (expect_close == 42) { ipmi_watchdog_state = WDOG_TIMEOUT_NONE; ipmi_set_timeout(IPMI_SET_TIMEOUT_NO_HB); - clear_bit(0, &ipmi_wdog_open); } else { printk(KERN_CRIT PFX "Unexpected close, not stopping watchdog!\n"); ipmi_heartbeat(); } + clear_bit(0, &ipmi_wdog_open); } ipmi_fasync (-1, filep, 0);