Commit 43316044 authored by Wim Van Sebroeck's avatar Wim Van Sebroeck

watchdog: WatchDog Timer Driver Core - Add basic framework

The WatchDog Timer Driver Core is a framework
that contains the common code for all watchdog-driver's.
It also introduces a watchdog device structure and the
operations that go with it.

This is the introduction of this framework. This part
supports the minimal watchdog userspace API (or with
other words: the functionality to use /dev/watchdog's
open, release and write functionality as defined in
the simplest watchdog API). Extra functionality will
follow in the next set of patches.
Signed-off-by: default avatarAlan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: default avatarWim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Acked-by: default avatarArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: default avatarWolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
parent 5efc7a62
......@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ src/
- directory holding watchdog related example programs.
watchdog-api.txt
- description of the Linux Watchdog driver API.
watchdog-kernel-api.txt
- description of the Linux WatchDog Timer Driver Core kernel API.
watchdog-parameters.txt
- information on driver parameters (for drivers other than
the ones that have driver-specific files here)
......
The Linux WatchDog Timer Driver Core kernel API.
===============================================
Last reviewed: 22-Jul-2011
Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Introduction
------------
This document does not describe what a WatchDog Timer (WDT) Driver or Device is.
It also does not describe the API which can be used by user space to communicate
with a WatchDog Timer. If you want to know this then please read the following
file: Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt .
So what does this document describe? It describes the API that can be used by
WatchDog Timer Drivers that want to use the WatchDog Timer Driver Core
Framework. This framework provides all interfacing towards user space so that
the same code does not have to be reproduced each time. This also means that
a watchdog timer driver then only needs to provide the different routines
(operations) that control the watchdog timer (WDT).
The API
-------
Each watchdog timer driver that wants to use the WatchDog Timer Driver Core
must #include <linux/watchdog.h> (you would have to do this anyway when
writing a watchdog device driver). This include file contains following
register/unregister routines:
extern int watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *);
extern void watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *);
The watchdog_register_device routine registers a watchdog timer device.
The parameter of this routine is a pointer to a watchdog_device structure.
This routine returns zero on success and a negative errno code for failure.
The watchdog_unregister_device routine deregisters a registered watchdog timer
device. The parameter of this routine is the pointer to the registered
watchdog_device structure.
The watchdog device structure looks like this:
struct watchdog_device {
const struct watchdog_info *info;
const struct watchdog_ops *ops;
void *driver_data;
unsigned long status;
};
It contains following fields:
* info: a pointer to a watchdog_info structure. This structure gives some
additional information about the watchdog timer itself. (Like it's unique name)
* ops: a pointer to the list of watchdog operations that the watchdog supports.
* driver_data: a pointer to the drivers private data of a watchdog device.
This data should only be accessed via the watchdog_set_drvadata and
watchdog_get_drvdata routines.
* status: this field contains a number of status bits that give extra
information about the status of the device (Like: is the device opened via
the /dev/watchdog interface or not, ...).
The list of watchdog operations is defined as:
struct watchdog_ops {
struct module *owner;
/* mandatory operations */
int (*start)(struct watchdog_device *);
int (*stop)(struct watchdog_device *);
/* optional operations */
int (*ping)(struct watchdog_device *);
};
It is important that you first define the module owner of the watchdog timer
driver's operations. This module owner will be used to lock the module when
the watchdog is active. (This to avoid a system crash when you unload the
module and /dev/watchdog is still open).
Some operations are mandatory and some are optional. The mandatory operations
are:
* start: this is a pointer to the routine that starts the watchdog timer
device.
The routine needs a pointer to the watchdog timer device structure as a
parameter. It returns zero on success or a negative errno code for failure.
* stop: with this routine the watchdog timer device is being stopped.
The routine needs a pointer to the watchdog timer device structure as a
parameter. It returns zero on success or a negative errno code for failure.
Some watchdog timer hardware can only be started and not be stopped. The
driver supporting this hardware needs to make sure that a start and stop
routine is being provided. This can be done by using a timer in the driver
that regularly sends a keepalive ping to the watchdog timer hardware.
Not all watchdog timer hardware supports the same functionality. That's why
all other routines/operations are optional. They only need to be provided if
they are supported. These optional routines/operations are:
* ping: this is the routine that sends a keepalive ping to the watchdog timer
hardware.
The routine needs a pointer to the watchdog timer device structure as a
parameter. It returns zero on success or a negative errno code for failure.
Most hardware that does not support this as a separate function uses the
start function to restart the watchdog timer hardware. And that's also what
the watchdog timer driver core does: to send a keepalive ping to the watchdog
timer hardware it will either use the ping operation (when available) or the
start operation (when the ping operation is not available).
The status bits should (preferably) be set with the set_bit and clear_bit alike
bit-operations. The status bits that are defined are:
* WDOG_DEV_OPEN: this status bit shows whether or not the watchdog device
was opened via /dev/watchdog.
(This bit should only be used by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core).
To get or set driver specific data the following two helper functions should be
used:
static inline void watchdog_set_drvdata(struct watchdog_device *wdd, void *data)
static inline void *watchdog_get_drvdata(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
The watchdog_set_drvdata function allows you to add driver specific data. The
arguments of this function are the watchdog device where you want to add the
driver specific data to and a pointer to the data itself.
The watchdog_get_drvdata function allows you to retrieve driver specific data.
The argument of this function is the watchdog device where you want to retrieve
data from. The function retruns the pointer to the driver specific data.
......@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ menuconfig WATCHDOG
if WATCHDOG
config WATCHDOG_CORE
bool "WatchDog Timer Driver Core"
---help---
Say Y here if you want to use the new watchdog timer driver core.
This driver provides a framework for all watchdog timer drivers
and gives them the /dev/watchdog interface (and later also the
sysfs interface).
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
be called watchdog.
config WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
bool "Disable watchdog shutdown on close"
help
......
......@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
# Makefile for the WatchDog device drivers.
#
# The WatchDog Timer Driver Core.
watchdog-objs += watchdog_core.o watchdog_dev.o
obj-$(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_CORE) += watchdog.o
# Only one watchdog can succeed. We probe the ISA/PCI/USB based
# watchdog-cards first, then the architecture specific watchdog
# drivers and then the architecture independent "softdog" driver.
......
/*
* watchdog_core.c
*
* (c) Copyright 2008-2011 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
* All Rights Reserved.
*
* (c) Copyright 2008-2011 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>.
*
* This source code is part of the generic code that can be used
* by all the watchdog timer drivers.
*
* Based on source code of the following authors:
* Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>,
* Rob Radez <rob@osinvestor.com>,
* Rusty Lynch <rusty@linux.co.intel.com>
* Satyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org>
* Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
* 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* Neither Alan Cox, CymruNet Ltd., Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw.
* admit liability nor provide warranty for any of this software.
* This material is provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
*/
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
#include <linux/module.h> /* For EXPORT_SYMBOL/module stuff/... */
#include <linux/types.h> /* For standard types */
#include <linux/errno.h> /* For the -ENODEV/... values */
#include <linux/kernel.h> /* For printk/panic/... */
#include <linux/watchdog.h> /* For watchdog specific items */
#include <linux/init.h> /* For __init/__exit/... */
#include "watchdog_dev.h" /* For watchdog_dev_register/... */
/**
* watchdog_register_device() - register a watchdog device
* @wdd: watchdog device
*
* Register a watchdog device with the kernel so that the
* watchdog timer can be accessed from userspace.
*
* A zero is returned on success and a negative errno code for
* failure.
*/
int watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
{
int ret;
if (wdd == NULL || wdd->info == NULL || wdd->ops == NULL)
return -EINVAL;
/* Mandatory operations need to be supported */
if (wdd->ops->start == NULL || wdd->ops->stop == NULL)
return -EINVAL;
/*
* Note: now that all watchdog_device data has been verified, we
* will not check this anymore in other functions. If data gets
* corrupted in a later stage then we expect a kernel panic!
*/
/* We only support 1 watchdog device via the /dev/watchdog interface */
ret = watchdog_dev_register(wdd);
if (ret) {
pr_err("error registering /dev/watchdog (err=%d).\n", ret);
return ret;
}
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(watchdog_register_device);
/**
* watchdog_unregister_device() - unregister a watchdog device
* @wdd: watchdog device to unregister
*
* Unregister a watchdog device that was previously successfully
* registered with watchdog_register_device().
*/
void watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
{
int ret;
if (wdd == NULL)
return;
ret = watchdog_dev_unregister(wdd);
if (ret)
pr_err("error unregistering /dev/watchdog (err=%d).\n", ret);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(watchdog_unregister_device);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("WatchDog Timer Driver Core");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
/*
* watchdog_dev.c
*
* (c) Copyright 2008-2011 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
* All Rights Reserved.
*
* (c) Copyright 2008-2011 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>.
*
*
* This source code is part of the generic code that can be used
* by all the watchdog timer drivers.
*
* This part of the generic code takes care of the following
* misc device: /dev/watchdog.
*
* Based on source code of the following authors:
* Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>,
* Rob Radez <rob@osinvestor.com>,
* Rusty Lynch <rusty@linux.co.intel.com>
* Satyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org>
* Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
* 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* Neither Alan Cox, CymruNet Ltd., Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw.
* admit liability nor provide warranty for any of this software.
* This material is provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
*/
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
#include <linux/module.h> /* For module stuff/... */
#include <linux/types.h> /* For standard types (like size_t) */
#include <linux/errno.h> /* For the -ENODEV/... values */
#include <linux/kernel.h> /* For printk/panic/... */
#include <linux/fs.h> /* For file operations */
#include <linux/watchdog.h> /* For watchdog specific items */
#include <linux/miscdevice.h> /* For handling misc devices */
#include <linux/init.h> /* For __init/__exit/... */
#include <linux/uaccess.h> /* For copy_to_user/put_user/... */
/* make sure we only register one /dev/watchdog device */
static unsigned long watchdog_dev_busy;
/* the watchdog device behind /dev/watchdog */
static struct watchdog_device *wdd;
/*
* watchdog_ping: ping the watchdog.
* @wddev: the watchdog device to ping
*
* If the watchdog has no own ping operation then it needs to be
* restarted via the start operation. This wrapper function does
* exactly that.
*/
static int watchdog_ping(struct watchdog_device *wddev)
{
if (wddev->ops->ping)
return wddev->ops->ping(wddev); /* ping the watchdog */
else
return wddev->ops->start(wddev); /* restart the watchdog */
}
/*
* watchdog_write: writes to the watchdog.
* @file: file from VFS
* @data: user address of data
* @len: length of data
* @ppos: pointer to the file offset
*
* A write to a watchdog device is defined as a keepalive ping.
*/
static ssize_t watchdog_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
{
size_t i;
char c;
if (len == 0)
return 0;
for (i = 0; i != len; i++) {
if (get_user(c, data + i))
return -EFAULT;
}
/* someone wrote to us, so we send the watchdog a keepalive ping */
watchdog_ping(wdd);
return len;
}
/*
* watchdog_open: open the /dev/watchdog device.
* @inode: inode of device
* @file: file handle to device
*
* When the /dev/watchdog device gets opened, we start the watchdog.
* Watch out: the /dev/watchdog device is single open, so we make sure
* it can only be opened once.
*/
static int watchdog_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
int err = -EBUSY;
/* the watchdog is single open! */
if (test_and_set_bit(WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &wdd->status))
return -EBUSY;
/*
* If the /dev/watchdog device is open, we don't want the module
* to be unloaded.
*/
if (!try_module_get(wdd->ops->owner))
goto out;
err = wdd->ops->start(wdd);
if (err < 0)
goto out_mod;
/* dev/watchdog is a virtual (and thus non-seekable) filesystem */
return nonseekable_open(inode, file);
out_mod:
module_put(wdd->ops->owner);
out:
clear_bit(WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &wdd->status);
return err;
}
/*
* watchdog_release: release the /dev/watchdog device.
* @inode: inode of device
* @file: file handle to device
*
* This is the code for when /dev/watchdog gets closed.
*/
static int watchdog_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
int err;
err = wdd->ops->stop(wdd);
if (err != 0) {
pr_crit("%s: watchdog did not stop!\n", wdd->info->identity);
watchdog_ping(wdd);
}
/* Allow the owner module to be unloaded again */
module_put(wdd->ops->owner);
/* make sure that /dev/watchdog can be re-opened */
clear_bit(WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &wdd->status);
return 0;
}
static const struct file_operations watchdog_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.write = watchdog_write,
.open = watchdog_open,
.release = watchdog_release,
};
static struct miscdevice watchdog_miscdev = {
.minor = WATCHDOG_MINOR,
.name = "watchdog",
.fops = &watchdog_fops,
};
/*
* watchdog_dev_register:
* @watchdog: watchdog device
*
* Register a watchdog device as /dev/watchdog. /dev/watchdog
* is actually a miscdevice and thus we set it up like that.
*/
int watchdog_dev_register(struct watchdog_device *watchdog)
{
int err;
/* Only one device can register for /dev/watchdog */
if (test_and_set_bit(0, &watchdog_dev_busy)) {
pr_err("only one watchdog can use /dev/watchdog.\n");
return -EBUSY;
}
wdd = watchdog;
err = misc_register(&watchdog_miscdev);
if (err != 0) {
pr_err("%s: cannot register miscdev on minor=%d (err=%d).\n",
watchdog->info->identity, WATCHDOG_MINOR, err);
goto out;
}
return 0;
out:
wdd = NULL;
clear_bit(0, &watchdog_dev_busy);
return err;
}
/*
* watchdog_dev_unregister:
* @watchdog: watchdog device
*
* Deregister the /dev/watchdog device.
*/
int watchdog_dev_unregister(struct watchdog_device *watchdog)
{
/* Check that a watchdog device was registered in the past */
if (!test_bit(0, &watchdog_dev_busy) || !wdd)
return -ENODEV;
/* We can only unregister the watchdog device that was registered */
if (watchdog != wdd) {
pr_err("%s: watchdog was not registered as /dev/watchdog.\n",
watchdog->info->identity);
return -ENODEV;
}
misc_deregister(&watchdog_miscdev);
wdd = NULL;
clear_bit(0, &watchdog_dev_busy);
return 0;
}
/*
* watchdog_core.h
*
* (c) Copyright 2008-2011 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
* All Rights Reserved.
*
* (c) Copyright 2008-2011 Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>.
*
* This source code is part of the generic code that can be used
* by all the watchdog timer drivers.
*
* Based on source code of the following authors:
* Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>,
* Rob Radez <rob@osinvestor.com>,
* Rusty Lynch <rusty@linux.co.intel.com>
* Satyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org>
* Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
* 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* Neither Alan Cox, CymruNet Ltd., Wim Van Sebroeck nor Iguana vzw.
* admit liability nor provide warranty for any of this software.
* This material is provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
*/
/*
* Functions/procedures to be called by the core
*/
int watchdog_dev_register(struct watchdog_device *);
int watchdog_dev_unregister(struct watchdog_device *);
......@@ -59,6 +59,67 @@ struct watchdog_info {
#define WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT 0
#endif
struct watchdog_ops;
struct watchdog_device;
/** struct watchdog_ops - The watchdog-devices operations
*
* @owner: The module owner.
* @start: The routine for starting the watchdog device.
* @stop: The routine for stopping the watchdog device.
* @ping: The routine that sends a keepalive ping to the watchdog device.
*
* The watchdog_ops structure contains a list of low-level operations
* that control a watchdog device. It also contains the module that owns
* these operations. The start and stop function are mandatory, all other
* functions are optonal.
*/
struct watchdog_ops {
struct module *owner;
/* mandatory operations */
int (*start)(struct watchdog_device *);
int (*stop)(struct watchdog_device *);
/* optional operations */
int (*ping)(struct watchdog_device *);
};
/** struct watchdog_device - The structure that defines a watchdog device
*
* @info: Pointer to a watchdog_info structure.
* @ops: Pointer to the list of watchdog operations.
* @driver-data:Pointer to the drivers private data.
* @status: Field that contains the devices internal status bits.
*
* The watchdog_device structure contains all information about a
* watchdog timer device.
*
* The driver-data field may not be accessed directly. It must be accessed
* via the watchdog_set_drvdata and watchdog_get_drvdata helpers.
*/
struct watchdog_device {
const struct watchdog_info *info;
const struct watchdog_ops *ops;
void *driver_data;
unsigned long status;
/* Bit numbers for status flags */
#define WDOG_DEV_OPEN 1 /* Opened via /dev/watchdog ? */
};
/* Use the following functions to manipulate watchdog driver specific data */
static inline void watchdog_set_drvdata(struct watchdog_device *wdd, void *data)
{
wdd->driver_data = data;
}
static inline void *watchdog_get_drvdata(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
{
return wdd->driver_data;
}
/* drivers/watchdog/core/watchdog_core.c */
extern int watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *);
extern void watchdog_unregister_device(struct watchdog_device *);
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* ifndef _LINUX_WATCHDOG_H */
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