This will be useful when the condition becomes slightly more complicated in the next patch. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c index d5d2bbd..caa4b90 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c @@ -192,18 +192,23 @@ static int watchdog_ping(struct watchdog_device *wdd) return __watchdog_ping(wdd); } +static bool watchdog_worker_should_ping(struct watchdog_core_data *wd_data) +{ + struct watchdog_device *wdd = wd_data->wdd; + + return wdd && (watchdog_active(wdd) || watchdog_hw_running(wdd)); +} + static void watchdog_ping_work(struct work_struct *work) { struct watchdog_core_data *wd_data; - struct watchdog_device *wdd; wd_data = container_of(to_delayed_work(work), struct watchdog_core_data, work); mutex_lock(&wd_data->lock); - wdd = wd_data->wdd; - if (wdd && (watchdog_active(wdd) || watchdog_hw_running(wdd))) - __watchdog_ping(wdd); + if (watchdog_worker_should_ping(wd_data)) + __watchdog_ping(wd_data->wdd); mutex_unlock(&wd_data->lock); } -- 2.7.4 -- 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