The kernel core now provides an API to trigger a system restart. Register with it to restart the system instead of misusing the reboot notifier. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v4: Set restart notifier priority to 128. v3: No change v2: No change drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c index 996b2f7..069c2e2 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c @@ -301,6 +301,28 @@ static struct miscdevice wdt_miscdev = { .fops = &wdt_fops, }; +static int wdt_restart_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long mode, + void *cmd) +{ + /* + * Cobalt devices have no way of rebooting themselves other + * than getting the watchdog to pull reset, so we restart the + * watchdog on reboot with no heartbeat. + */ + wdt_change(WDT_ENABLE); + + /* loop until the watchdog fires */ + while (true) + ; + + return NOTIFY_DONE; +} + +static struct notifier_block wdt_restart_notifier = { + .notifier_call = wdt_restart_notify, + .priority = 128, +}; + /* * Notifier for system down */ @@ -311,15 +333,6 @@ static int wdt_notify_sys(struct notifier_block *this, if (code == SYS_DOWN || code == SYS_HALT) wdt_turnoff(); - if (code == SYS_RESTART) { - /* - * Cobalt devices have no way of rebooting themselves other - * than getting the watchdog to pull reset, so we restart the - * watchdog on reboot with no heartbeat - */ - wdt_change(WDT_ENABLE); - pr_info("Watchdog timer is now enabled with no heartbeat - should reboot in ~1 second\n"); - } return NOTIFY_DONE; } @@ -338,6 +351,7 @@ static void __exit alim7101_wdt_unload(void) /* Deregister */ misc_deregister(&wdt_miscdev); unregister_reboot_notifier(&wdt_notifier); + unregister_restart_notifier(&wdt_restart_notifier); pci_dev_put(alim7101_pmu); } @@ -390,11 +404,17 @@ static int __init alim7101_wdt_init(void) goto err_out; } + rc = register_restart_notifier(&wdt_restart_notifier); + if (rc) { + pr_err("cannot register reboot notifier (err=%d)\n", rc); + goto err_out_reboot; + } + rc = misc_register(&wdt_miscdev); if (rc) { pr_err("cannot register miscdev on minor=%d (err=%d)\n", wdt_miscdev.minor, rc); - goto err_out_reboot; + goto err_out_restart; } if (nowayout) @@ -404,6 +424,8 @@ static int __init alim7101_wdt_init(void) timeout, nowayout); return 0; +err_out_restart: + unregister_restart_notifier(&wdt_restart_notifier); err_out_reboot: unregister_reboot_notifier(&wdt_notifier); err_out: -- 1.9.1 -- 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