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<title>linux-toradex.git/include/linux/watchdog.h, branch v4.3-rc2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>kernel/watchdog: move NMI function header declarations from watchdog.h to nmi.h</title>
<updated>2015-09-04T23:54:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Guenter Roeck</name>
<email>linux@roeck-us.net</email>
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<published>2015-09-04T22:45:12+00:00</published>
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The kernel's NMI watchdog has nothing to do with the watchdog subsystem.
Its header declarations should be in linux/nmi.h, not linux/watchdog.h.

The code provided two sets of dummy functions if HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR is
not configured, one in the include file and one in kernel/watchdog.c.
Remove the dummy functions from kernel/watchdog.c and use those from the
include file.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Cc: Stephane Eranian &lt;eranian@google.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Don Zickus &lt;dzickus@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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The kernel's NMI watchdog has nothing to do with the watchdog subsystem.
Its header declarations should be in linux/nmi.h, not linux/watchdog.h.

The code provided two sets of dummy functions if HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR is
not configured, one in the include file and one in kernel/watchdog.c.
Remove the dummy functions from kernel/watchdog.c and use those from the
include file.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Cc: Stephane Eranian &lt;eranian@google.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Don Zickus &lt;dzickus@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<title>watchdog: watchdog_core: Add watchdog registration deferral mechanism</title>
<updated>2015-06-29T09:51:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jean-Baptiste Theou</name>
<email>jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us</email>
</author>
<published>2015-06-09T16:55:02+00:00</published>
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Currently, watchdog subsystem require the misc subsystem to
register a watchdog. This may not be the case in case of an
early registration of a watchdog, which can be required when
the watchdog cannot be disabled.

This patch introduces a deferral mechanism to remove this requirement.

Signed-off-by: Jean-Baptiste Theou &lt;jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us&gt;
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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Currently, watchdog subsystem require the misc subsystem to
register a watchdog. This may not be the case in case of an
early registration of a watchdog, which can be required when
the watchdog cannot be disabled.

This patch introduces a deferral mechanism to remove this requirement.

Signed-off-by: Jean-Baptiste Theou &lt;jtheou@adeneo-embedded.us&gt;
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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<entry>
<title>watchdog: Add watchdog enable/disable all functions</title>
<updated>2015-04-02T15:33:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stephane Eranian</name>
<email>eranian@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-11-17T19:07:03+00:00</published>
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This patch adds two new functions to enable/disable
the watchdog across all CPUs.

This will be used by the HT PMU bug workaround code to
disable/enable the NMI watchdog across quirk enablement.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian &lt;eranian@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: bp@alien8.de
Cc: jolsa@redhat.com
Cc: kan.liang@intel.com
Cc: maria.n.dimakopoulou@gmail.com
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Don Zickus &lt;dzickus@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1416251225-17721-12-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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This patch adds two new functions to enable/disable
the watchdog across all CPUs.

This will be used by the HT PMU bug workaround code to
disable/enable the NMI watchdog across quirk enablement.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian &lt;eranian@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: bp@alien8.de
Cc: jolsa@redhat.com
Cc: kan.liang@intel.com
Cc: maria.n.dimakopoulou@gmail.com
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Don Zickus &lt;dzickus@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1416251225-17721-12-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>watchdog: simplify definitions of WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT(_INIT_STATUS)?</title>
<updated>2014-10-20T18:46:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Uwe Kleine-König</name>
<email>u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2014-09-09T20:18:31+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-K=C3=B6nig &lt;u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-K=C3=B6nig &lt;u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck &lt;linux@roeck-us.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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<entry>
<title>watchdog: core: dt: add support for the timeout-sec dt property</title>
<updated>2013-03-01T11:48:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fabio Porcedda</name>
<email>fabio.porcedda@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-01-08T10:04:10+00:00</published>
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Add support for watchdog drivers to initialize/set the timeout field
of the watchdog_device structure. The timeout field is initialised
either with the module timeout parameter value (if valid) or with the
timeout-sec dt property (if valid). If both are invalid the initial
value is unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Fabio Porcedda &lt;fabio.porcedda@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre &lt;nicolas.ferre@atmel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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Add support for watchdog drivers to initialize/set the timeout field
of the watchdog_device structure. The timeout field is initialised
either with the module timeout parameter value (if valid) or with the
timeout-sec dt property (if valid). If both are invalid the initial
value is unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Fabio Porcedda &lt;fabio.porcedda@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Nicolas Ferre &lt;nicolas.ferre@atmel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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<entry>
<title>watchdog: WatchDog Timer Driver Core: fix comment</title>
<updated>2012-12-19T21:24:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fabio Porcedda</name>
<email>fabio.porcedda@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-05T10:16:09+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Fabio Porcedda &lt;fabio.porcedda@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Fabio Porcedda &lt;fabio.porcedda@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Fix misspellings of "whether" in comments.</title>
<updated>2012-11-19T13:31:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Adam Buchbinder</name>
<email>adam.buchbinder@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-09-20T01:48:00+00:00</published>
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"Whether" is misspelled in various comments across the tree; this
fixes them. No code changes.

Signed-off-by: Adam Buchbinder &lt;adam.buchbinder@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina &lt;jkosina@suse.cz&gt;
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"Whether" is misspelled in various comments across the tree; this
fixes them. No code changes.

Signed-off-by: Adam Buchbinder &lt;adam.buchbinder@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina &lt;jkosina@suse.cz&gt;
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<entry>
<title>UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux</title>
<updated>2012-10-13T09:46:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Howells</name>
<email>dhowells@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-10-13T09:46:48+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Kerrisk &lt;mtk.manpages@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Dave Jones &lt;davej@redhat.com&gt;
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Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Michael Kerrisk &lt;mtk.manpages@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Dave Jones &lt;davej@redhat.com&gt;
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<title>watchdog: Add support for dynamically allocated watchdog_device structs</title>
<updated>2012-05-30T05:55:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hans de Goede</name>
<email>hdegoede@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-05-22T09:40:26+00:00</published>
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If a driver's watchdog_device struct is part of a dynamically allocated
struct (which it often will be), merely locking the module is not enough,
even with a drivers module locked, the driver can be unbound from the device,
examples:
1) The root user can unbind it through sysfd
2) The i2c bus master driver being unloaded for an i2c watchdog

I will gladly admit that these are corner cases, but we still need to handle
them correctly.

The fix for this consists of 2 parts:
1) Add ref / unref operations, so that the driver can refcount the struct
   holding the watchdog_device struct and delay freeing it until any
   open filehandles referring to it are closed
2) Most driver operations will do IO on the device and the driver should not
   do any IO on the device after it has been unbound. Rather then letting each
   driver deal with this internally, it is better to ensure at the watchdog
   core level that no operations (other then unref) will get called after
   the driver has called watchdog_unregister_device(). This actually is the
   bulk of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede &lt;hdegoede@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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If a driver's watchdog_device struct is part of a dynamically allocated
struct (which it often will be), merely locking the module is not enough,
even with a drivers module locked, the driver can be unbound from the device,
examples:
1) The root user can unbind it through sysfd
2) The i2c bus master driver being unloaded for an i2c watchdog

I will gladly admit that these are corner cases, but we still need to handle
them correctly.

The fix for this consists of 2 parts:
1) Add ref / unref operations, so that the driver can refcount the struct
   holding the watchdog_device struct and delay freeing it until any
   open filehandles referring to it are closed
2) Most driver operations will do IO on the device and the driver should not
   do any IO on the device after it has been unbound. Rather then letting each
   driver deal with this internally, it is better to ensure at the watchdog
   core level that no operations (other then unref) will get called after
   the driver has called watchdog_unregister_device(). This actually is the
   bulk of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede &lt;hdegoede@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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<title>watchdog: Add Locking support</title>
<updated>2012-05-30T05:55:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hans de Goede</name>
<email>hdegoede@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-05-22T09:40:26+00:00</published>
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This patch fixes some potential multithreading issues, despite only
allowing one process to open the /dev/watchdog device, we can still get
called multiple times at the same time, since a program could be using thread,
or could share the fd after a fork.

This causes 2 potential problems:
1) watchdog_start / open do an unlocked test_n_set / test_n_clear,
   if these 2 race, the watchdog could be stopped while the active
   bit indicates it is running or visa versa.

2) Most watchdog_dev drivers probably assume that only one
   watchdog-op will get called at a time, this is not necessary
   true atm.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede &lt;hdegoede@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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This patch fixes some potential multithreading issues, despite only
allowing one process to open the /dev/watchdog device, we can still get
called multiple times at the same time, since a program could be using thread,
or could share the fd after a fork.

This causes 2 potential problems:
1) watchdog_start / open do an unlocked test_n_set / test_n_clear,
   if these 2 race, the watchdog could be stopped while the active
   bit indicates it is running or visa versa.

2) Most watchdog_dev drivers probably assume that only one
   watchdog-op will get called at a time, this is not necessary
   true atm.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede &lt;hdegoede@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck &lt;wim@iguana.be&gt;
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