Hello Guenter, On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 07:20:59PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote: > diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h > index b535b02b1d7f..f0292d56caf0 100644 > --- a/include/linux/watchdog.h > +++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h > @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct watchdog_device { > #define WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE 2 /* Did we receive the magic char ? */ > #define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT 3 /* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */ > #define WDOG_UNREGISTERED 4 /* Has the device been unregistered */ > +#define WDOG_RUNNING 5 /* True if HW watchdog running */ > /* the following variables are for internal use only */ > struct mutex lock; > unsigned long last_keepalive; > @@ -124,6 +125,12 @@ static inline bool watchdog_active(struct watchdog_device *wdd) > return test_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status); > } > > +/* Use the following function to check whether or not the watchdog is running */ I'd like to have this comment more clear to distinguish between device state and userspace view. Maybe also call the flag WDOG_HW_RUNNING to make this more clear? > +static inline bool watchdog_running(struct watchdog_device *wdd) > +{ > + return test_bit(WDOG_RUNNING, &wdd->status); > +} > + -- Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-König | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html