Use the dedicated function watchdog_active() instead of the generic test_bit() function. It is done using the following Coccinelle script: @@ identifier wdd; @@ - test_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status) + watchdog_active(wdd) Signed-off-by: Bumsik Kim <k.bumsik@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c index 7e4cd34a8c20..3ae608d78af2 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c @@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ static int watchdog_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) * or if WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE is not set. If nowayout was set then * watchdog_stop will fail. */ - if (!test_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status)) + if (!watchdog_active(wdd)) err = 0; else if (test_and_clear_bit(_WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE, &wd_data->status) || !(wdd->info->options & WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE)) -- 2.26.2