[PATCH 1/7] watchdog: add keep alive support

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

this will allow to ping the watchdog via poller

Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
---
 drivers/watchdog/Kconfig   |    1 +
 drivers/watchdog/wd_core.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 include/watchdog.h         |    2 ++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 8fdc7a5..21480a1 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 menuconfig WATCHDOG
 	bool "Watchdog support              "
+	select GENERIC_POLLER
 	help
 	  Many platforms support a watchdog to keep track of a working machine.
 	  This framework provides routines to handle these watchdogs.
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wd_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/wd_core.c
index 3d0cfc6..a1b9e28 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wd_core.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wd_core.c
@@ -17,18 +17,39 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <watchdog.h>
+#include <poller.h>
 
 /*
  * Note: this simple framework supports one watchdog only.
  */
 static struct watchdog *watchdog;
 
+static void watchdog_poller_func(struct poller_struct *poller)
+{
+	watchdog->keep_alive(watchdog);
+}
+
+static struct poller_struct watchdog_poller = {
+	.func = watchdog_poller_func,
+};
+
 int watchdog_register(struct watchdog *wd)
 {
 	if (watchdog != NULL)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	watchdog = wd;
+
+	if (watchdog->keep_alive) {
+		int ret;
+
+		ret = poller_register(&watchdog_poller);
+		if (ret) {
+			watchdog = NULL;
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(watchdog_register);
diff --git a/include/watchdog.h b/include/watchdog.h
index 3e2d08e..d5ecf2f 100644
--- a/include/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/watchdog.h
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 #ifndef INCLUDE_WATCHDOG_H
 # define INCLUDE_WATCHDOG_H
 
+
 struct watchdog {
 	int (*set_timeout)(struct watchdog *, unsigned);
+	void (*keep_alive)(struct watchdog *);
 };
 
 int watchdog_register(struct watchdog *);
-- 
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