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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] Watchdog: Fixed the watchdog close/stop logic - only close the watchdog if the magic character was received and the magic close is supported.
Hi Ryang,

> From: ryang <ryang@hach.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: ryang <ryang@hach.com>
> ---
> drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
> index 6aaefba..73793d8 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
> @@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ static int watchdog_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> */
> if (!test_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status))
> err = 0;
> - else if (test_and_clear_bit(WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE, &wdd->status) ||
> - !(wdd->info->options & WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE))
> + else if (test_and_clear_bit(WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE, &wdd->status) &&
> + (wdd->info->options & WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE))
> err = watchdog_stop(wdd);
>
> /* If the watchdog was not stopped, send a keepalive ping */
> --

There is no reason for this change; you either have:
1) WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE is not supported and thus watchog may be stopped.
2) If a watchdog daemon crashes and thus closes the watchdog device (and thus it did not sent a Magic Char) then the watchdog should not be stopped but needs to reboot the system.

Kind regards,
Wim.



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