On 01/14/14 at 09:26am, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote: > Hi Dave, > > > In kdump kernel watchdog could interrupt vmcore capturing because we > > have no way to disable/stop it while crashing happens. > > > > Add a module parameter stop_before_register so watchdog can be stopped > > before register in driver loading path. Thus we can try to load the > > watchdog driver as early as possible in kdump kernel to ensure vmcore > > capturing. > > > > Don Zickus mentioned that there's the case that bios start the watchdog > > and it is expected that the kernel keep the watchdog alive. To address > > this case I added the module parameter which is false by default so > > it will stop the watchdog only when user provice kernel cmdline > > "watchdog.stop_before_register=1". > > > > Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c | 6 ++++++ > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > > > --- linux.orig/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c > > +++ linux/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c > > @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ > > > > static DEFINE_IDA(watchdog_ida); > > static struct class *watchdog_class; > > +static bool stop_before_register; > > > > static void watchdog_check_min_max_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd) > > { > > @@ -119,6 +120,9 @@ int watchdog_register_device(struct watc > > if (wdd->ops->start == NULL || wdd->ops->stop == NULL) > > return -EINVAL; > > > > + if (stop_before_register) > > + wdd->ops->stop(wdd); > > + > > watchdog_check_min_max_timeout(wdd); > > > > /* > > @@ -220,6 +224,8 @@ static void __exit watchdog_exit(void) > > subsys_initcall(watchdog_init); > > module_exit(watchdog_exit); > > > > +module_param(stop_before_register, bool, 0644); > > + > > MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"); > > MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx>"); > > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("WatchDog Timer Driver Core"); > > Hmm, need to look closer to this, but my first thought is: > what about devices that cannot be stopped once started... > They should be able to override this module_parameter... Hi, Wim Thanks for quick feedback! I'm not sure the meaning of "cannot be stopped", if it means that the policy that it should not be stopped, I think since the watchdog_core is always built-in so the param can only be provided via boot cmdline it would be fine? For device which really *cannot* stop, the stop() will fail silently? Thanks Dave -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html