[RFC PATCH 5/6] watchdog: alim7101: Register restart handler with restart notifier

[Guenter Roeck]

The kernel core now provides an API to trigger a system restart.
Register with it to restart the system instead of misusing the
reboot notifier.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux at roeck-us.net>
---
 drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
index 996b2f7..239d6b2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
@@ -301,6 +301,27 @@ static struct miscdevice wdt_miscdev = {
 	.fops	=	&wdt_fops,
 };
 
+static int wdt_restart_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long mode,
+			      void *cmd)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Cobalt devices have no way of rebooting themselves other
+	 * than getting the watchdog to pull reset, so we restart the
+	 * watchdog on reboot with no heartbeat.
+	 */
+	wdt_change(WDT_ENABLE);
+
+	/* loop until the watchdog fires */
+	while (true)
+		;
+
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block wdt_restart_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call = wdt_restart_notify,
+};
+
 /*
  *	Notifier for system down
  */
@@ -311,15 +332,6 @@ static int wdt_notify_sys(struct notifier_block *this,
 	if (code == SYS_DOWN || code == SYS_HALT)
 		wdt_turnoff();
 
-	if (code == SYS_RESTART) {
-		/*
-		 * Cobalt devices have no way of rebooting themselves other
-		 * than getting the watchdog to pull reset, so we restart the
-		 * watchdog on reboot with no heartbeat
-		 */
-		wdt_change(WDT_ENABLE);
-		pr_info("Watchdog timer is now enabled with no heartbeat - should reboot in ~1 second\n");
-	}
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
@@ -338,6 +350,7 @@ static void __exit alim7101_wdt_unload(void)
 	/* Deregister */
 	misc_deregister(&wdt_miscdev);
 	unregister_reboot_notifier(&wdt_notifier);
+	unregister_restart_notifier(&wdt_restart_notifier);
 	pci_dev_put(alim7101_pmu);
 }
 
@@ -390,11 +403,17 @@ static int __init alim7101_wdt_init(void)
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
+	rc = register_restart_notifier(&wdt_restart_notifier);
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_err("cannot register reboot notifier (err=%d)\n", rc);
+		goto err_out_reboot;
+	}
+
 	rc = misc_register(&wdt_miscdev);
 	if (rc) {
 		pr_err("cannot register miscdev on minor=%d (err=%d)\n",
 		       wdt_miscdev.minor, rc);
-		goto err_out_reboot;
+		goto err_out_restart;
 	}
 
 	if (nowayout)
@@ -404,6 +423,8 @@ static int __init alim7101_wdt_init(void)
 		timeout, nowayout);
 	return 0;
 
+err_out_restart:
+	unregister_restart_notifier(&wdt_restart_notifier);
 err_out_reboot:
 	unregister_reboot_notifier(&wdt_notifier);
 err_out:
-- 
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