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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt index dbc6a65f0bd1..0a37da76acef 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct watchdog_device { 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; @@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ It contains following fields: * 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 @@ -240,6 +244,10 @@ 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: |