[PATCH 2/4] watchdog: add support for resetting keepalive timers at start

[Tero Kristo]

Current watchdog core pets the timer always after the initial keepalive
time has expired from boot-up. This is incorrect for certain timers that
don't like to be petted immediately when they are started, if they have
not been running over the boot.

To allow drivers to reset their keepalive timers during startup, add
a new watchdog flag to the api, WDOG_RESET_KEEPALIVE.

Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo <t-kristo@xxxxxx>
---
 drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 2 ++
 include/linux/watchdog.h        | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index 8b5c742f24e8..131e40c21703 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ static int watchdog_start(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 		set_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status);
 		wd_data->last_keepalive = started_at;
 		watchdog_update_worker(wdd);
+		if (test_bit(WDOG_RESET_KEEPALIVE, &wdd->status))
+			wd_data->last_hw_keepalive = started_at;
 	}
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index 417d9f37077a..b56e3f1b1ec3 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
 #define WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT	2	/* Should be stopped on reboot */
 #define WDOG_HW_RUNNING		3	/* True if HW watchdog running */
 #define WDOG_STOP_ON_UNREGISTER	4	/* Should be stopped on unregister */
+#define WDOG_RESET_KEEPALIVE	5	/* Reset keepalive timers at start */
 	struct list_head deferred;
 };
 
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2.17.1

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