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2026-06-16Merge tag 'docs-7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linuxLinus Torvalds
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "Things have calmed down a bit on the docs front, with no earthshaking changes this time around: - Ongoing work on the Japanese and Portuguese translations - Better integration of the MAINTAINERS file into the rendered documents, including a search interface - A seemingly infinite supply of fixes for typos, minor grammatical issues, and related problems that LLMs find with abandon" * tag 'docs-7.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/docs/linux: (93 commits) docs: pt_BR: Translate 3.Early-stage.rst into Portuguese docs: pt_BR: update "Purpose of Defconfigs" section in maintainer-soc.rst Documentation: bug-hunting.rst: fix grammar docs/ja_JP: translate submitting-patches.rst (interleaved-replies) docs: Fix minor grammatical error docs/{it_it,sp_SP,zh_CN,zh_TW}: update references to removed CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB Documentation: process: fix brackets Documentation: arch: fix brackets docs/dyndbg: explain flags parse 1st docs/dyndbg: update examples \012 to \n docs: kernel-parameters: Fix stale sticore file paths docs: real-time: Fix duplicated sched(7) text docs: kgdb: Fix stale source file paths docs: sonypi: Fix stale header file path docs: kernel-parameters: Remove sa1100ir IrDA parameter iommu: Documentation: rearrange, update kernel-parameters docs: md: fix grammar in speed_limit description docs: changes.rst: restore pahole 1.26 minimum (regressed by sort) Documentation: Fix syntax of kmalloc_objs example in coding style doc docs: pt_BR: update maintainer-handbooks ...
2026-06-08watchdog: add devm_watchdog_register_device() to watchdog-kernel-apiRandy Dunlap
devm_watchdog_register_device() is not documented. Add it to the current kernel API documentation. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2026-05-10watchdog: Remove AMD Elan SC520 processor watchdog driverGuenter Roeck
AMD Elan support was removed from the upstream kernel with commit 8b793a92d862 ("x86/cpu: Remove M486/M486SX/ELAN support"). Its watchdog driver can no longer be enabled except for test builds. Remove it. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2026-05-10watchdog: Prefix WDT with ICS for clarityPhilipp Hahn
`wdt.rst` is only about the Watchdog from "Industrial Computer Source" (ICS). Change the title and rename the file to better express this. Add missing SPDX license identifier `GPL-2.0-or-later` same as code to silence `checkpatch`. Fix wrong link to sample driver in drivers/watchdog/smsc37b787_wdt.c. Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5a71979d8e8ab8e0a30de33f6aa2540b3b5dc1ee.1777972790.git.phahn-oss@avm.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2026-05-10watchdog: Separate kind of documentationPhilipp Hahn
Currently there are several (sub-)documents for "Generic kernel infrastructure API" and several "driver specific" documents. Put each one into its own sub-section. Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7d1b722205bab83603832e66750f7b5f1f73eaa5.1777972790.git.phahn-oss@avm.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2026-05-10watchdog: Replace intermixed tab/space indentPhilipp Hahn
Consistently indent all lines with tabs instead of having one line using blanks. Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e1ccbfb0efb9a9f508d1afe10263af1578a1aa46.1777972790.git.phahn-oss@avm.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2026-05-10watchdog: Move `struct` before namePhilipp Hahn
Write `struct ` before the structure name as Sphinx otherwise uses the following word after it. See https://docs.kernel.org/watchdog/watchdog-api.html#environmental-monitoring Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e66ec58f3b8252b3676cc9fe68818af95123210c.1777972790.git.phahn-oss@avm.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2026-05-10watchdog: Change suffix .txt to .rst in referencesPhilipp Hahn
Fix link to documentation, which has already been converted to reST. Also remove apostrophes which are no longer needed. Signed-off-by: Philipp Hahn <phahn-oss@avm.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/bb1aa3129d5e52bc4c8e1ec3340b88f80f726fef.1777972790.git.phahn-oss@avm.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2026-05-03docs: watchdog: explain watchdog API optionsShubham Chakraborty
Replace FIXME comment with proper documentation for WDIOS_DISABLECARD, WDIOS_ENABLECARD, and WDIOS_TEMPPANIC options. Signed-off-by: Shubham Chakraborty <chakrabortyshubham66@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260311121602.139967-1-chakrabortyshubham66@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2026-05-03watchdog: remove driver for integrated WDT of ZFx86 486-based SoCEthan Nelson-Moore
The machzwd driver supports the integrated watchdog of the ZF Micro ZFx86 SoC, which contains a 486-compatible core [1]. Since 486 support was removed in commit 8b793a92d862 ("x86/cpu: Remove M486/M486SX/ELAN support"), the driver is no longer useful, Remove it. [1] https://www.zfmicro.com/zfx86.html Signed-off-by: Ethan Nelson-Moore <enelsonmoore@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260428014806.35400-1-enelsonmoore@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
2026-05-03docs: watchdog-parameters: add missing watchdog_core parametersRandy Dunlap
Add missing watchdog_core parameters (handle_boot_enabled and stop_on_reboot). Add default values for handle_boot_enabled and open_timeout. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260228010402.2389343-6-rdunlap@infradead.org>
2026-05-03docs: watchdog-kernel-api: general cleanupsRandy Dunlap
Fix grammar and punctuation. Add a missing struct member (pm_nb) and its description. Add a subheading for Helper Functions between the struct descriptions and just pure helper functions. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260228010402.2389343-5-rdunlap@infradead.org>
2026-05-03docs: watchdog-api: general cleaningRandy Dunlap
Correct some grammar, punctuation, and capitalization mistakes. Drop extra words in printf() calls [likely a copy-paste error]. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260228010402.2389343-4-rdunlap@infradead.org>
2026-05-03docs: watchdog: pcwd: fix typo and driver info.Randy Dunlap
Correct a typo and some technical info for the pcwd driver. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260228010402.2389343-3-rdunlap@infradead.org>
2026-05-03docs: watchdog: mlx-wdt: small fixesRandy Dunlap
Correct some grammar and spelling mistakes in mlx-wdt.rst. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260228010402.2389343-2-rdunlap@infradead.org>
2026-02-16Merge tag 'linux-watchdog-6.20-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog Pull watchdog updates from Wim Van Sebroeck: - iTCO: Drop vendor support - s3c2410_wdt: Drop S3C2410 support - Convert mpc8xxx-wdt to YAML - Several small fixes and improvements * tag 'linux-watchdog-6.20-rc1' of git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog: dt-bindings: watchdog: qcom-wdt: Document Glymur watchdog dt-bindings: watchdog: Convert mpc8xxx-wdt to YAML dt-bindings: watchdog: samsung-wdt: Split if:then: and constrain more dt-bindings: watchdog: samsung-wdt: Drop S3C2410 watchdog: s3c2410_wdt: Drop S3C2410 support dt-bindings: watchdog: samsung-wdt: Define cluster constraints top-level watchdog: rzv2h_wdt: Discard pm_runtime_put() return value watchdog: rz: Discard pm_runtime_put() return values watchdog: Make API functions const correct watchdog: imx7ulp_wdt: handle the nowayout option watchdog: sbsa: Update the W_IIDR Implementer bit mask to 0xFFF watchdog: Always return time left until watchdog times out watchdog: iTCO: Drop vendor support watchdog: starfive-wdt: Fix PM reference leak in probe error path fix it87_wdt early reboot by reporting running timer
2026-01-23Documentation: use a source-read extension for the index link boilerplateJani Nikula
The root document usually has a special :ref:`genindex` link to the generated index. This is also the case for Documentation/index.rst. The other index.rst files deeper in the directory hierarchy usually don't. For SPHINXDIRS builds, the root document isn't Documentation/index.rst, but some other index.rst in the hierarchy. Currently they have a ".. only::" block to add the index link when doing SPHINXDIRS html builds. This is obviously very tedious and repetitive. The link is also added to all index.rst files in the hierarchy for SPHINXDIRS builds, not just the root document. Put the boilerplate in a sphinx-includes/subproject-index.rst file, and include it at the end of the root document for subproject builds in an ad-hoc source-read extension defined in conf.py. For now, keep having the boilerplate in translations, because this approach currently doesn't cover translated index link headers. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> Tested-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> [jc: did s/doctree/kern_doc_dir/ ] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Message-ID: <20260123143149.2024303-1-jani.nikula@intel.com>
2026-01-18watchdog: Make API functions const correctKari Argillander
Many watchdog API functions do not modify the watchdog_device nor device. Mark their arguments as const to reflect this and improve const-correctness of the API. No functional change intended. Signed-off-by: Kari Argillander <kari.argillander@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2026-01-18watchdog: iTCO: Drop vendor supportGuenter Roeck
iTCO vendor support was introduced in 2006 to support SuperMicro boards with Pentium 3 CPUs. It was extended in 2009 to support motherbords with broken BIOS (specifically Intel DG33TL). The code is long since obsolete, so let's drop support for it. Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Reviewed-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2024-11-05watchdog: Delete the cpu5wdt driverJean Delvare
This driver has a number of issues (accesses arbitrary I/O ports without identifying the hardware, doesn't document what hardware it supports, suspiciously inconsistent locking model, doesn't implement WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT, potential integer overflow...) The driver was added in 2003 and there's no evidence that it has any recent user, all changes seem to be tree-wide, subsystem-wide, or the result of static code analysis. So I believe we should simply drop this legacy piece of code. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Message-ID: <20241011170710.484a257a@endymion.delvare> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241022114731.31f69c94@endymion.delvare Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2024-09-27[tree-wide] finally take no_llseek outAl Viro
no_llseek had been defined to NULL two years ago, in commit 868941b14441 ("fs: remove no_llseek") To quote that commit, At -rc1 we'll need do a mechanical removal of no_llseek - git grep -l -w no_llseek | grep -v porting.rst | while read i; do sed -i '/\<no_llseek\>/d' $i done would do it. Unfortunately, that hadn't been done. Linus, could you do that now, so that we could finally put that thing to rest? All instances are of the form .llseek = no_llseek, so it's obviously safe. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2024-08-16Documentation: Capitalize Fahrenheit in watchdog-api.rstDavid Hunter
Capitalize "fahrenheit," a spelling mistake. Signed-off-by: David Hunter <david.hunter.linux@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240807185332.61624-1-david.hunter.linux@gmail.com
2023-08-18Documentation: Fix typosBjorn Helgaas
Fix typos in Documentation. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814212822.193684-4-helgaas@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2023-02-16Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt: Fix FormatJerry Hoemann
Add list format so that compiled documentation looks like it was intended to. Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230210184247.221134-3-jerry.hoemann@hpe.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2023-02-16Documentation/watchdog/hpwdt: Fix ReferenceJerry Hoemann
The IPMI documentation moved to Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst. Update reference to reflect new location. Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230210184247.221134-2-jerry.hoemann@hpe.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2023-01-24Docs/subsystem-apis: Remove '[The ]Linux' prefixes from titles of listed ↵SeongJae Park
documents Some documents that listed on subsystem-apis have 'Linux' or 'The Linux' title prefixes. It's duplicated information, and makes finding the document of interest with human eyes not easy. Remove the prefixes from the titles. Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Iwona Winiarska <iwona.winiarska@intel.com> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230122184834.181977-1-sj@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2022-07-20watchdog/pseries-wdt: initial support for H_WATCHDOG-based watchdog timersScott Cheloha
PAPR v2.12 defines a new hypercall, H_WATCHDOG. The hypercall permits guest control of one or more virtual watchdog timers. The timers have millisecond granularity. The guest is terminated when a timer expires. This patch adds a watchdog driver for these timers, "pseries-wdt". pseries_wdt_probe() currently assumes the existence of only one platform device and always assigns it watchdogNumber 1. If we ever expose more than one timer to userspace we will need to devise a way to assign a distinct watchdogNumber to each platform device at device registration time. Signed-off-by: Scott Cheloha <cheloha@linux.ibm.com> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220713202335.1217647-5-cheloha@linux.ibm.com
2021-03-06docs: watchdog: fix obsolete include file reference in pcwdFlavio Suligoi
The file linux/pcwd.h is not more present in the kernel sources. Its information is now moved into the file: include/uapi/linux/watchdog.h Signed-off-by: Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@asem.it> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210223111324.309285-1-f.suligoi@asem.it Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-08-05watchdog: add support for adjusting last known HW keepalive timeTero Kristo
Certain watchdogs require the watchdog only to be pinged within a specific time window, pinging too early or too late cause the watchdog to fire. In cases where this sort of watchdog has been started before kernel comes up, we must adjust the watchdog keepalive window to match the actually running timer, so add a new driver API for this purpose. Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo <t-kristo@ti.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200717132958.14304-3-t-kristo@ti.com Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2020-08-05docs: watchdog: codify ident.options as superset of possible status flagsAhmad Fatoum
The FIXME comment has been in-tree since the very first git commit. The described behavior has been since relied on by some userspace, e.g. the util-linux wdctl command and has been ignored by some kernelspace, like the f71808e_wdt driver. The functionality is useful to have to be able to differentiate between a driver that doesn't support WDIOF_CARDRESET and one that does, but hasn't had a watchdog reset, thus drop the FIXME to encourage drivers adopting this convention. Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200611191750.28096-2-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2020-08-05docs: watchdog: mlx-wdt: Add description of new watchdog type 3Michael Shych
Add documentation with details of new type of Mellanox watchdog driver. Signed-off-by: Michael Shych <michaelsh@mellanox.com> Reviewed-by: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200504141427.17685-5-michaelsh@mellanox.com Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2020-05-05watchdog: update email address in conversion docWolfram Sang
The old one is defunct. However, I think it makes sense that I am still the primary contact person for updates here. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200502143103.19473-1-wsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-04-20watchdog: clarify that stop() is optionalBumsik Kim
The commit d0684c8a9354 ("watchdog: Make stop function optional") made stop function not mandatory, but the comments and the doc weren't reflected. Fix it to clarify. Signed-off-by: Bumsik Kim <k.bumsik@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200403031507.63487-1-k.bumsik@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-09-27Merge tag 'linux-watchdog-5.4-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog Pull watchdog updates from Wim Van Sebroeck: - addition of AST2600, i.MX7ULP and F81803 watchdog support - removal of the w90x900 and ks8695 drivers - ziirave_wdt improvements - small fixes and improvements * tag 'linux-watchdog-5.4-rc1' of git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog: (51 commits) watchdog: f71808e_wdt: Add F81803 support watchdog: qcom: remove unnecessary variable from private storage watchdog: qcom: support pre-timeout when the bark irq is available watchdog: imx_sc: this patch just fixes whitespaces watchdog: apseed: Add access_cs0 option for alt-boot watchdog: aspeed: add support for dual boot watchdog: orion_wdt: use timer1 as a pretimeout watchdog: Add i.MX7ULP watchdog support dt-bindings: watchdog: Add i.MX7ULP bindings dt-bindings: watchdog: sun4i: Add the watchdog clock dt-bindings: watchdog: sun4i: Add the watchdog interrupts dt-bindings: watchdog: Convert Allwinner watchdog to a schema dt-bindings: watchdog: Add YAML schemas for the generic watchdog bindings watchdog: aspeed: Add support for AST2600 dt-bindings: watchdog: Add ast2600 compatible watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Update checked I2C functionality mask watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Drop ziirave_firm_write_block_data() watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Fix DOWNLOAD_START payload watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Drop status polling code watchdog: ziirave_wdt: Fix RESET_PROCESSOR payload ...
2019-09-16watchdog: remove w90x900 driverArnd Bergmann
The ARM w90x900 platform is getting removed, so this driver is obsolete Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190809202749.742267-7-arnd@arndb.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-09-16watchdog: remove ks8695 driverArnd Bergmann
The platform is getting removed, so there are no remaining users of this driver. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190809202749.742267-5-arnd@arndb.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-07-22Merge branch 'pdf_fixes_v1' of https://git.linuxtv.org/mchehab/experimental ↵Jonathan Corbet
into mauro Bring in a set of post-thrashup fixes from Mauro.
2019-07-18Merge tag 'linux-watchdog-5.3-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog Pull watchdog updates from Wim Van Sebroeck: - add Allwinner H6 watchdog - drop warning after registering device patches - hpwdt improvements - gpio: add support for nowayout option - introduce CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT - convert remaining drivers to use SPDX license identifier - Fixes and improvements on several watchdog device drivers * tag 'linux-watchdog-5.3-rc1' of git://www.linux-watchdog.org/linux-watchdog: (74 commits) watchdog: digicolor_wdt: Remove unused variable in dc_wdt_probe watchdog: ie6xx_wdt: Use spinlock_t instead of struct spinlock watchdog: atmel: atmel-sama5d4-wdt: Disable watchdog on system suspend watchdog: convert remaining drivers to use SPDX license identifier dt-bindings: watchdog: Rename bindings documentation file watchdog: mei_wdt: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions watchdog: bcm_kona_wdt: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions docs: watchdog: Fix build error. docs: watchdog: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst watchdog: make the device time out at open_deadline when open_timeout is used watchdog: introduce CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT watchdog: introduce watchdog.open_timeout commandline parameter dt-bindings: watchdog: move i.MX system controller watchdog binding to SCU watchdog: imx_sc: Add pretimeout support watchdog: renesas_wdt: Add a few cycles delay watchdog: gpio: add support for nowayout option watchdog: renesas_wdt: Use 'dev' instead of dereferencing it repeatedly dt-bindings: watchdog: add Allwinner H6 watchdog watchdog: jz4740: Avoid starting watchdog in set_timeout watchdog: jz4740: Use register names from <linux/mfd/ingenic-tcu.h> ...
2019-07-17docs: fix broken doc references due to renamesMauro Carvalho Chehab
Some files got renamed but probably due to some merge conflicts, a few references still point to the old locations. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
2019-07-15docs: add some directories to the main documentation indexMauro Carvalho Chehab
The contents of those directories were orphaned at the documentation body. While those directories could likely be moved to be inside some guide, I'm opting to just adding their indexes to the main one, removing the :orphan: and adding the SPDX header. For the drivers, the rationale is that the documentation contains a mix of Kernelspace, uAPI and admin-guide. So, better to keep them on separate directories, as we've be doing with similar subsystem-specific docs that were not split yet. For the others, well... I'm too lazy to do the move. Also, it seems to make sense to keep at least some of those at the main dir (like kbuild, for example). In any case, a latter patch could do the move. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com>
2019-07-08docs: watchdog: Fix build error.Jerry Hoemann
make htmldocs fails due to missing blank line following header. Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-07-08docs: watchdog: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rstMauro Carvalho Chehab
Convert those documents and prepare them to be part of the kernel API book, as most of the stuff there are related to the Kernel interfaces. Still, in the future, it would make sense to split the docs, as some of the stuff is clearly focused on sysadmin tasks. The conversion is actually: - add blank lines and identation in order to identify paragraphs; - fix tables markups; - add some lists markups; - mark literal blocks; - adjust title markups. At its new index.rst, let's add a :orphan: while this is not linked to the main index.rst file, in order to avoid build warnings. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-07-08watchdog: introduce CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUTRasmus Villemoes
This allows setting a default value for the watchdog.open_timeout commandline parameter via Kconfig. Some BSPs allow remote updating of the kernel image and root file system, but updating the bootloader requires physical access. Hence, if one has a firmware update that requires relaxing the watchdog.open_timeout a little, the value used must be baked into the kernel image itself and cannot come from the u-boot environment via the kernel command line. Being able to set the initial value in .config doesn't change the fact that the value on the command line, if present, takes precedence, and is of course immensely useful for development purposes while one has console acccess, as well as usable in the cases where one can make a permanent update of the kernel command line. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-07-08watchdog: introduce watchdog.open_timeout commandline parameterRasmus Villemoes
The watchdog framework takes care of feeding a hardware watchdog until userspace opens /dev/watchdogN. If that never happens for some reason (buggy init script, corrupt root filesystem or whatnot) but the kernel itself is fine, the machine stays up indefinitely. This patch allows setting an upper limit for how long the kernel will take care of the watchdog, thus ensuring that the watchdog will eventually reset the machine. A value of 0 (the default) means infinite timeout, preserving the current behaviour. This is particularly useful for embedded devices where some fallback logic is implemented in the bootloader (e.g., use a different root partition, boot from network, ...). There is already handle_boot_enabled serving a similar purpose. However, such a binary choice is unsuitable if the hardware watchdog cannot be programmed by the bootloader to provide a timeout long enough for userspace to get up and running. Many of the embedded devices we see use external (gpio-triggered) watchdogs with a fixed timeout of the order of 1-2 seconds. The open timeout only applies for the first open from userspace. Should userspace need to close the watchdog device, with the intention of re-opening it shortly, the application can emulate the open timeout feature by combining the nowayout feature with an appropriate WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT immediately prior to closing the device. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-07-08watchdog/hpwdt: Update documentationJerry Hoemann
Update documentation to explain new module parameter kdumptimeout. Signed-off-by: Jerry Hoemann <jerry.hoemann@hpe.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2019-06-14docs: watchdog: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rstMauro Carvalho Chehab
Convert those documents and prepare them to be part of the kernel API book, as most of the stuff there are related to the Kernel interfaces. Still, in the future, it would make sense to split the docs, as some of the stuff is clearly focused on sysadmin tasks. The conversion is actually: - add blank lines and identation in order to identify paragraphs; - fix tables markups; - add some lists markups; - mark literal blocks; - adjust title markups. At its new index.rst, let's add a :orphan: while this is not linked to the main index.rst file, in order to avoid build warnings. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-06-14docs: kdump: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rstMauro Carvalho Chehab
Convert kdump documentation to ReST and add it to the user faced manual, as the documents are mainly focused on sysadmins that would be enabling kdump. Note: the vmcoreinfo.rst has one very long title on one of its sub-sections: PG_lru|PG_private|PG_swapcache|PG_swapbacked|PG_slab|PG_hwpoision|PG_head_mask|PAGE_BUDDY_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_buddy)|PAGE_OFFLINE_MAPCOUNT_VALUE(~PG_offline) I opted to break this one, into two entries with the same content, in order to make it easier to display after being parsed in html and PDF. The conversion is actually: - add blank lines and identation in order to identify paragraphs; - fix tables markups; - add some lists markups; - mark literal blocks; - adjust title markups. At its new index.rst, let's add a :orphan: while this is not linked to the main index.rst file, in order to avoid build warnings. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-03-02Documentation/watchdog: Add documentation mlx-wdt driverMichael Shych
Add documentation with details of Mellanox watchdog driver. Signed-off-by: Michael Shych <michaelsh@mellanox.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2018-12-24watchdog: docs: kernel-api: don't reference removed functionsWolfram Sang
Those functions are not only deprecated, but gone for good. Fixes: 62cd1c40ce1c ("watchdog: kill unref/ref ops") Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
2018-12-24watchdog: add documentation for PM usageWolfram Sang
Add the first rule we recently agreed on. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>
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