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authorTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>2011-08-08 14:30:29 +0200
committerTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>2011-08-08 14:30:29 +0200
commit0a2d31b62dba9b5b92a38c67c9cc42630513662a (patch)
treef755d74ec85248de645e10c45ed1a2ed467530f6 /include/linux/watchdog.h
parent8039290a91c5dc4414093c086987a5d7738fe2fd (diff)
parentdf944f66784e6d4f2f50739263a4947885d8b6ae (diff)
Merge branch 'fix/kconfig' into for-linus
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diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index 011bcfeb9f0..111843f88b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -59,6 +59,84 @@ struct watchdog_info {
#define WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT 0
#endif
+struct watchdog_ops;
+struct watchdog_device;
+
+/** struct watchdog_ops - The watchdog-devices operations
+ *
+ * @owner: The module owner.
+ * @start: The routine for starting the watchdog device.
+ * @stop: The routine for stopping the watchdog device.
+ * @ping: The routine that sends a keepalive ping to the watchdog device.
+ * @status: The routine that shows the status of the watchdog device.
+ * @set_timeout:The routine for setting the watchdog devices timeout value.
+ * @ioctl: The routines that handles extra ioctl calls.
+ *
+ * The watchdog_ops structure contains a list of low-level operations
+ * that control a watchdog device. It also contains the module that owns
+ * these operations. The start and stop function are mandatory, all other
+ * functions are optonal.
+ */
+struct watchdog_ops {
+ struct module *owner;
+ /* mandatory operations */
+ int (*start)(struct watchdog_device *);
+ int (*stop)(struct watchdog_device *);
+ /* optional operations */
+ int (*ping)(struct watchdog_device *);
+ unsigned int (*status)(struct watchdog_device *);
+ int (*set_timeout)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int);
+ long (*ioctl)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
+};
+
+/** struct watchdog_device - The structure that defines a watchdog device
+ *
+ * @info: Pointer to a watchdog_info structure.
+ * @ops: Pointer to the list of watchdog operations.
+ * @bootstatus: Status of the watchdog device at boot.
+ * @timeout: The watchdog devices timeout value.
+ * @min_timeout:The watchdog devices minimum timeout value.
+ * @max_timeout:The watchdog devices maximum timeout value.
+ * @driver-data:Pointer to the drivers private data.
+ * @status: Field that contains the devices internal status bits.
+ *
+ * The watchdog_device structure contains all information about a
+ * watchdog timer device.
+ *
+ * The driver-data field may not be accessed directly. It must be accessed
+ * via the watchdog_set_drvdata and watchdog_get_drvdata helpers.
+ */
+struct watchdog_device {
+ const struct watchdog_info *info;
+ const struct watchdog_ops *ops;
+ unsigned int bootstatus;
+ unsigned int timeout;
+ unsigned int min_timeout;
+ unsigned int max_timeout;
+ void *driver_data;
+ unsigned long status;
+/* Bit numbers for status flags */
+#define WDOG_ACTIVE 0 /* Is the watchdog running/active */
+#define WDOG_DEV_OPEN 1 /* Opened via /dev/watchdog ? */
+#define WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE 2 /* Did we receive the magic char ? */
+#define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT 3 /* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */
+};
+
+/* Use the following functions to manipulate watchdog driver specific data */
+static inline void watchdog_set_drvdata(struct watchdog_device *wdd, void *data)
+{
+ wdd->driver_data = data;
+}
+
+static inline void *watchdog_get_drvdata(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
+{
+ return wdd->driver_data;
+}
+
+/* drivers/watchdog/core/watchdog_core.c */
+extern int watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *);
+extern void watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *);
+
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* ifndef _LINUX_WATCHDOG_H */