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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-09-08 01:01:14 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-09-08 01:01:14 -0300 |
| commit | e5fd91f1ef340da553f7a79da9540c3db711c937 (patch) | |
| tree | b11842027dc6641da63f4bcc524f8678263304a3 /Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | |
| parent | 2a9b0348e685a63d97486f6749622b61e9e3292f (diff) | |
Linux-libre 4.2-gnu
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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt index a0438f395..d8b0d3367 100644 --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ 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 subsystem includes an registration deferral mechanism, +which allows you to register an watchdog as early as you wish during +the boot process. + The watchdog device structure looks like this: struct watchdog_device { @@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ struct watchdog_device { void *driver_data; struct mutex lock; unsigned long status; + struct list_head deferred; }; It contains following fields: @@ -80,6 +85,8 @@ It contains following fields: information about the status of the device (Like: is the watchdog timer running/active, is the nowayout bit set, is the device opened via the /dev/watchdog interface or not, ...). +* deferred: entry in wtd_deferred_reg_list which is used to + register early initialized watchdogs. The list of watchdog operations is defined as: |