2 * SoftDog: A Software Watchdog Device
4 * (c) Copyright 1996 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
7 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
8 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
9 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
10 * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
12 * Neither Alan Cox nor CymruNet Ltd. admit liability nor provide
13 * warranty for any of this software. This material is provided
14 * "AS-IS" and at no charge.
16 * (c) Copyright 1995 Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
18 * Software only watchdog driver. Unlike its big brother the WDT501P
19 * driver this won't always recover a failed machine.
22 #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
24 #include <linux/init.h>
25 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
26 #include <linux/kernel.h>
27 #include <linux/module.h>
28 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
29 #include <linux/reboot.h>
30 #include <linux/timer.h>
31 #include <linux/types.h>
32 #include <linux/watchdog.h>
34 #define TIMER_MARGIN 60 /* Default is 60 seconds */
35 static unsigned int soft_margin = TIMER_MARGIN; /* in seconds */
36 module_param(soft_margin, uint, 0);
37 MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_margin,
38 "Watchdog soft_margin in seconds. (0 < soft_margin < 65536, default="
39 __MODULE_STRING(TIMER_MARGIN) ")");
41 static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
42 module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
43 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
44 "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
45 __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
47 static int soft_noboot;
48 module_param(soft_noboot, int, 0);
49 MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_noboot,
50 "Softdog action, set to 1 to ignore reboots, 0 to reboot (default=0)");
52 static int soft_panic;
53 module_param(soft_panic, int, 0);
54 MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_panic,
55 "Softdog action, set to 1 to panic, 0 to reboot (default=0)");
57 static void softdog_fire(unsigned long data)
59 module_put(THIS_MODULE);
61 pr_crit("Triggered - Reboot ignored\n");
62 } else if (soft_panic) {
63 pr_crit("Initiating panic\n");
64 panic("Software Watchdog Timer expired");
66 pr_crit("Initiating system reboot\n");
68 pr_crit("Reboot didn't ?????\n");
72 static struct timer_list softdog_ticktock =
73 TIMER_INITIALIZER(softdog_fire, 0, 0);
75 static struct watchdog_device softdog_dev;
77 static void softdog_pretimeout(unsigned long data)
79 watchdog_notify_pretimeout(&softdog_dev);
82 static struct timer_list softdog_preticktock =
83 TIMER_INITIALIZER(softdog_pretimeout, 0, 0);
85 static int softdog_ping(struct watchdog_device *w)
87 if (!mod_timer(&softdog_ticktock, jiffies + (w->timeout * HZ)))
88 __module_get(THIS_MODULE);
91 mod_timer(&softdog_preticktock, jiffies +
92 (w->timeout - w->pretimeout) * HZ);
94 del_timer(&softdog_preticktock);
99 static int softdog_stop(struct watchdog_device *w)
101 if (del_timer(&softdog_ticktock))
102 module_put(THIS_MODULE);
104 del_timer(&softdog_preticktock);
109 static struct watchdog_info softdog_info = {
110 .identity = "Software Watchdog",
111 .options = WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT | WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING | WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE |
115 static const struct watchdog_ops softdog_ops = {
116 .owner = THIS_MODULE,
117 .start = softdog_ping,
118 .stop = softdog_stop,
121 static struct watchdog_device softdog_dev = {
122 .info = &softdog_info,
125 .max_timeout = 65535,
126 .timeout = TIMER_MARGIN,
129 static int __init softdog_init(void)
133 watchdog_init_timeout(&softdog_dev, soft_margin, NULL);
134 watchdog_set_nowayout(&softdog_dev, nowayout);
135 watchdog_stop_on_reboot(&softdog_dev);
137 ret = watchdog_register_device(&softdog_dev);
141 pr_info("initialized. soft_noboot=%d soft_margin=%d sec soft_panic=%d (nowayout=%d)\n",
142 soft_noboot, softdog_dev.timeout, soft_panic, nowayout);
146 module_init(softdog_init);
148 static void __exit softdog_exit(void)
150 watchdog_unregister_device(&softdog_dev);
152 module_exit(softdog_exit);
154 MODULE_AUTHOR("Alan Cox");
155 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Software Watchdog Device Driver");
156 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");