Re: [PATCH v5 2/8] watchdog: Introduce WDOG_RUNNING flag

["Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>]

Hello Guenter,

On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 07:20:59PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
> index b535b02b1d7f..f0292d56caf0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
> +++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
> @@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
>  #define WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE	2	/* Did we receive the magic char ? */
>  #define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT		3	/* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */
>  #define WDOG_UNREGISTERED	4	/* Has the device been unregistered */
> +#define WDOG_RUNNING		5	/* True if HW watchdog running */
>  	/* the following variables are for internal use only */
>  	struct mutex lock;
>  	unsigned long last_keepalive;
> @@ -124,6 +125,12 @@ static inline bool watchdog_active(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
>  	return test_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status);
>  }
>  
> +/* Use the following function to check whether or not the watchdog is running */

I'd like to have this comment more clear to distinguish between device
state and userspace view. Maybe also call the flag WDOG_HW_RUNNING to
make this more clear?

> +static inline bool watchdog_running(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> +{
> +	return test_bit(WDOG_RUNNING, &wdd->status);
> +}
> +

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