Watchdog close is "expected" when any byte is 'V' not just the last one. Writing "V" to the device fails because the last byte is the end of string. $ echo V > /dev/watchdog f71808e_wdt: Unexpected close, not stopping watchdog! Signed-off-by: Igor Pylypiv <igor.pylypiv@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c index e0678c1..3a33c53 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/f71808e_wdt.c @@ -566,7 +566,8 @@ static ssize_t watchdog_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, char c; if (get_user(c, buf + i)) return -EFAULT; - expect_close = (c == 'V'); + if (c == 'V') + expect_close = true; } /* Properly order writes across fork()ed processes */ -- 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
