Re: [PATCH 2/5] watchdog: Separate and maintain variables based on variable lifetime
From: Damien Riegel
Date: Mon Dec 21 2015 - 12:37:15 EST
On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 01:05:00PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> All variables required by the watchdog core to manage a watchdog are
> currently stored in struct watchdog_device. The lifetime of those
> variables is determined by the watchdog driver. However, the lifetime
> of variables used by the watchdog core differs from the lifetime of
> struct watchdog_device. To remedy this situation, watchdog drivers
> can implement ref and unref callbacks, to be used by the watchdog
> core to lock struct watchdog_device in memory.
>
> While this solves the immediate problem, it depends on watchdog drivers
> to actually implement the ref/unref callbacks. This is error prone,
> often not implemented in the first place, or not implemented correctly.
>
> To solve the problem without requiring driver support, split the variables
> in struct watchdog_device into two data structures - one for variables
> associated with the watchdog driver, one for variables associated with
> the watchdog core. With this approach, the watchdog core can keep track
> of its variable lifetime and no longer depends on ref/unref callbacks
> in the driver. As a side effect, some of the variables originally in
> struct watchdog_driver are now private to the watchdog core and no longer
> visible in watchdog drivers.
>
> The 'ref' and 'unref' callbacks in struct watchdog_driver are no longer
> used and marked as deprecated.
Two comments below. It's great to see that unbinding a driver no longer
triggers a kernel panic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt | 45 +--
> drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c | 2 -
> drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h | 23 ++
> drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 377 +++++++++++++------------
> include/linux/watchdog.h | 21 +-
> 5 files changed, 239 insertions(+), 229 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
> index 0a37da76acef..3db5092924e5 100644
> --- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
> @@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ The watchdog device structure looks like this:
>
> struct watchdog_device {
> int id;
> - struct cdev cdev;
> struct device *dev;
> struct device *parent;
> const struct watchdog_info *info;
> @@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
> struct notifier_block reboot_nb;
> struct notifier_block restart_nb;
> void *driver_data;
> - struct mutex lock;
> + void *wdd_data;
> unsigned long status;
> struct list_head deferred;
> };
> @@ -66,8 +65,6 @@ It contains following fields:
> /dev/watchdog0 cdev (dynamic major, minor 0) as well as the old
> /dev/watchdog miscdev. The id is set automatically when calling
> watchdog_register_device.
> -* cdev: cdev for the dynamic /dev/watchdog<id> device nodes. This
> - field is also populated by watchdog_register_device.
> * dev: device under the watchdog class (created by watchdog_register_device).
> * parent: set this to the parent device (or NULL) before calling
> watchdog_register_device.
> @@ -89,11 +86,10 @@ It contains following fields:
> * driver_data: a pointer to the drivers private data of a watchdog device.
> This data should only be accessed via the watchdog_set_drvdata and
> watchdog_get_drvdata routines.
> -* lock: Mutex for WatchDog Timer Driver Core internal use only.
> +* wdd_data: a pointer to watchdog core internal data.
> * status: this field contains a number of status bits that give extra
> 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, ...).
> + running/active, or is the nowayout bit set).
> * deferred: entry in wtd_deferred_reg_list which is used to
> register early initialized watchdogs.
>
> @@ -110,8 +106,8 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
> int (*set_timeout)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int);
> unsigned int (*get_timeleft)(struct watchdog_device *);
> int (*restart)(struct watchdog_device *);
> - void (*ref)(struct watchdog_device *);
> - void (*unref)(struct watchdog_device *);
> + void (*ref)(struct watchdog_device *) __deprecated;
> + void (*unref)(struct watchdog_device *) __deprecated;
> long (*ioctl)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
> };
>
> @@ -120,20 +116,6 @@ driver's operations. This module owner will be used to lock the module when
> the watchdog is active. (This to avoid a system crash when you unload the
> module and /dev/watchdog is still open).
>
> -If the watchdog_device struct is dynamically allocated, just locking the module
> -is not enough and a driver also needs to define the ref and unref operations to
> -ensure the structure holding the watchdog_device does not go away.
> -
> -The simplest (and usually sufficient) implementation of this is to:
> -1) Add a kref struct to the same structure which is holding the watchdog_device
> -2) Define a release callback for the kref which frees the struct holding both
> -3) Call kref_init on this kref *before* calling watchdog_register_device()
> -4) Define a ref operation calling kref_get on this kref
> -5) Define a unref operation calling kref_put on this kref
> -6) When it is time to cleanup:
> - * Do not kfree() the struct holding both, the last kref_put will do this!
> - * *After* calling watchdog_unregister_device() call kref_put on the kref
> -
> Some operations are mandatory and some are optional. The mandatory operations
> are:
> * start: this is a pointer to the routine that starts the watchdog timer
> @@ -176,34 +158,21 @@ they are supported. These optional routines/operations are:
> * get_timeleft: this routines returns the time that's left before a reset.
> * restart: this routine restarts the machine. It returns 0 on success or a
> negative errno code for failure.
> -* ref: the operation that calls kref_get on the kref of a dynamically
> - allocated watchdog_device struct.
> -* unref: the operation that calls kref_put on the kref of a dynamically
> - allocated watchdog_device struct.
> * ioctl: if this routine is present then it will be called first before we do
> our own internal ioctl call handling. This routine should return -ENOIOCTLCMD
> if a command is not supported. The parameters that are passed to the ioctl
> call are: watchdog_device, cmd and arg.
>
> +The 'ref' and 'unref' operations are no longer used and deprecated.
> +
> The status bits should (preferably) be set with the set_bit and clear_bit alike
> bit-operations. The status bits that are defined are:
> * WDOG_ACTIVE: this status bit indicates whether or not a watchdog timer device
> is active or not. When the watchdog is active after booting, then you should
> set this status bit (Note: when you register the watchdog timer device with
> this bit set, then opening /dev/watchdog will skip the start operation)
> -* WDOG_DEV_OPEN: this status bit shows whether or not the watchdog device
> - was opened via /dev/watchdog.
> - (This bit should only be used by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core).
> -* WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE: this bit stores whether or not the magic close character
> - has been sent (so that we can support the magic close feature).
> - (This bit should only be used by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core).
> * WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT: this bit stores the nowayout setting for the watchdog.
> If this bit is set then the watchdog timer will not be able to stop.
> -* WDOG_UNREGISTERED: this bit gets set by the WatchDog Timer Driver Core
> - after calling watchdog_unregister_device, and then checked before calling
> - any watchdog_ops, so that you can be sure that no operations (other then
> - unref) will get called after unregister, even if userspace still holds a
> - reference to /dev/watchdog
>
> To set the WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT status bit (before registering your watchdog
> timer device) you can either:
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> index f0293f7d2b80..ec1ab6c1a80b 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.c
> @@ -210,8 +210,6 @@ static int __watchdog_register_device(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> * corrupted in a later stage then we expect a kernel panic!
> */
>
> - mutex_init(&wdd->lock);
> -
> /* Use alias for watchdog id if possible */
> if (wdd->parent) {
> ret = of_alias_get_id(wdd->parent->of_node, "watchdog");
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
> index 86ff962d1e15..c9b0656284de 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
> @@ -26,9 +26,32 @@
> * This material is provided "AS-IS" and at no charge.
> */
>
> +#include <linux/cdev.h>
> +#include <linux/kref.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <linux/watchdog.h>
> +
> #define MAX_DOGS 32 /* Maximum number of watchdog devices */
>
> /*
> + * struct _watchdog_device - watchdog core internal data
Think it should be /**. Anyway, I find it confusing to have both
_watchdog_device and watchdog_device, but I can't think of a better
name right now.
> + * @kref: Reference count.
> + * @cdev: The watchdog's Character device.
> + * @wdd: Pointer to watchdog device.
> + * @lock: Lock for watchdog core.
> + * @status: Watchdog core internal status bits.
> + */
> +struct _watchdog_device {
> + struct kref kref;
> + struct cdev cdev;
> + struct watchdog_device *wdd;
> + struct mutex lock;
> + unsigned long status; /* Internal status bits */
> +#define _WDOG_DEV_OPEN 0 /* Opened ? */
> +#define _WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE 1 /* Did we receive the magic char ? */
> +};
> +
> +/*
> * Functions/procedures to be called by the core
> */
> extern int watchdog_dev_register(struct watchdog_device *);
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
> index c24392623e98..e8416bdc7037 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
> #include <linux/errno.h> /* For the -ENODEV/... values */
> #include <linux/kernel.h> /* For printk/panic/... */
> #include <linux/fs.h> /* For file operations */
> +#include <linux/slab.h> /* For memory functions */
> #include <linux/watchdog.h> /* For watchdog specific items */
> #include <linux/miscdevice.h> /* For handling misc devices */
> #include <linux/init.h> /* For __init/__exit/... */
> @@ -47,12 +48,14 @@
> /* the dev_t structure to store the dynamically allocated watchdog devices */
> static dev_t watchdog_devt;
> /* the watchdog device behind /dev/watchdog */
> -static struct watchdog_device *old_wdd;
> +static struct _watchdog_device *_old_wdd;
>
> /*
> * watchdog_ping: ping the watchdog.
> * @wdd: the watchdog device to ping
> *
> + * The caller must hold _wdd->lock.
> + *
> * If the watchdog has no own ping operation then it needs to be
> * restarted via the start operation. This wrapper function does
> * exactly that.
> @@ -61,25 +64,37 @@ static struct watchdog_device *old_wdd;
>
> static int watchdog_ping(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> {
> - int err = 0;
> -
> - mutex_lock(&wdd->lock);
> -
> - if (test_bit(WDOG_UNREGISTERED, &wdd->status)) {
> - err = -ENODEV;
> - goto out_ping;
> - }
> + int err;
>
> if (!watchdog_active(wdd))
> - goto out_ping;
> + return 0;
>
> if (wdd->ops->ping)
> err = wdd->ops->ping(wdd); /* ping the watchdog */
> else
> err = wdd->ops->start(wdd); /* restart watchdog */
>
> -out_ping:
> - mutex_unlock(&wdd->lock);
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * _watchdog_ping: ping the watchdog.
> + * @_wdd: Watchdog core device data
> + *
> + * Acquire _wdd->lock and call watchdog_ping() unless the watchdog
> + * driver has been unregistered.
> + */
> +static int _watchdog_ping(struct _watchdog_device *_wdd)
> +{
> + struct watchdog_device *wdd;
> + int err = -ENODEV;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&_wdd->lock);
> + wdd = _wdd->wdd;
> + if (wdd)
> + err = watchdog_ping(wdd);
> + mutex_unlock(&_wdd->lock);
> +
> return err;
> }
>
> @@ -87,6 +102,8 @@ out_ping:
> * watchdog_start: wrapper to start the watchdog.
> * @wdd: the watchdog device to start
> *
> + * The caller must hold _wdd->lock.
> + *
> * Start the watchdog if it is not active and mark it active.
> * This function returns zero on success or a negative errno code for
> * failure.
> @@ -94,24 +111,15 @@ out_ping:
>
> static int watchdog_start(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> {
> - int err = 0;
> -
> - mutex_lock(&wdd->lock);
> -
> - if (test_bit(WDOG_UNREGISTERED, &wdd->status)) {
> - err = -ENODEV;
> - goto out_start;
> - }
> + int err;
>
> if (watchdog_active(wdd))
> - goto out_start;
> + return 0;
>
> err = wdd->ops->start(wdd);
> if (err == 0)
> set_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status);
>
> -out_start:
> - mutex_unlock(&wdd->lock);
> return err;
> }
>
> @@ -119,6 +127,8 @@ out_start:
> * watchdog_stop: wrapper to stop the watchdog.
> * @wdd: the watchdog device to stop
> *
> + * The caller must hold _wdd->lock.
> + *
> * Stop the watchdog if it is still active and unmark it active.
> * This function returns zero on success or a negative errno code for
> * failure.
> @@ -127,93 +137,58 @@ out_start:
>
> static int watchdog_stop(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> {
> - int err = 0;
> -
> - mutex_lock(&wdd->lock);
> -
> - if (test_bit(WDOG_UNREGISTERED, &wdd->status)) {
> - err = -ENODEV;
> - goto out_stop;
> - }
> + int err;
>
> if (!watchdog_active(wdd))
> - goto out_stop;
> + return 0;
>
> if (test_bit(WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT, &wdd->status)) {
> dev_info(wdd->dev, "nowayout prevents watchdog being stopped!\n");
> - err = -EBUSY;
> - goto out_stop;
> + return -EBUSY;
> }
>
> err = wdd->ops->stop(wdd);
> if (err == 0)
> clear_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status);
>
> -out_stop:
> - mutex_unlock(&wdd->lock);
> return err;
> }
>
> /*
> * watchdog_get_status: wrapper to get the watchdog status
> * @wdd: the watchdog device to get the status from
> - * @status: the status of the watchdog device
> + *
> + * The caller must hold _wdd->lock.
> *
> * Get the watchdog's status flags.
> */
>
> -static int watchdog_get_status(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
> - unsigned int *status)
> +static unsigned int watchdog_get_status(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> {
> - int err = 0;
> -
> - *status = 0;
> if (!wdd->ops->status)
> - return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -
> - mutex_lock(&wdd->lock);
> -
> - if (test_bit(WDOG_UNREGISTERED, &wdd->status)) {
> - err = -ENODEV;
> - goto out_status;
> - }
> -
> - *status = wdd->ops->status(wdd);
> + return 0;
>
> -out_status:
> - mutex_unlock(&wdd->lock);
> - return err;
> + return wdd->ops->status(wdd);
> }
>
> /*
> * watchdog_set_timeout: set the watchdog timer timeout
> * @wdd: the watchdog device to set the timeout for
> * @timeout: timeout to set in seconds
> + *
> + * The caller must hold _wdd->lock.
> */
>
> static int watchdog_set_timeout(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
> unsigned int timeout)
> {
> - int err;
> -
> if (!wdd->ops->set_timeout || !(wdd->info->options & WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT))
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> if (watchdog_timeout_invalid(wdd, timeout))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - mutex_lock(&wdd->lock);
> -
> - if (test_bit(WDOG_UNREGISTERED, &wdd->status)) {
> - err = -ENODEV;
> - goto out_timeout;
> - }
> -
> - err = wdd->ops->set_timeout(wdd, timeout);
> -
> -out_timeout:
> - mutex_unlock(&wdd->lock);
> - return err;
> + return wdd->ops->set_timeout(wdd, timeout);
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -221,30 +196,22 @@ out_timeout:
> * @wdd: the watchdog device to get the remaining time from
> * @timeleft: the time that's left
> *
> + * The caller must hold _wdd->lock.
> + *
> * Get the time before a watchdog will reboot (if not pinged).
> */
>
> static int watchdog_get_timeleft(struct watchdog_device *wdd,
> unsigned int *timeleft)
> {
> - int err = 0;
> -
> *timeleft = 0;
> +
> if (!wdd->ops->get_timeleft)
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> - mutex_lock(&wdd->lock);
> -
> - if (test_bit(WDOG_UNREGISTERED, &wdd->status)) {
> - err = -ENODEV;
> - goto out_timeleft;
> - }
> -
> *timeleft = wdd->ops->get_timeleft(wdd);
>
> -out_timeleft:
> - mutex_unlock(&wdd->lock);
> - return err;
> + return 0;
> }
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_WATCHDOG_SYSFS
> @@ -261,14 +228,14 @@ static ssize_t status_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> char *buf)
> {
> struct watchdog_device *wdd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> - ssize_t status;
> - unsigned int val;
> + struct _watchdog_device *_wdd = wdd->wdd_data;
> + unsigned int status;
>
> - status = watchdog_get_status(wdd, &val);
> - if (!status)
> - status = sprintf(buf, "%u\n", val);
> + mutex_lock(&_wdd->lock);
> + status = watchdog_get_status(wdd);
> + mutex_unlock(&_wdd->lock);
>
> - return status;
> + return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", status);
> }
> static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(status);
>
> @@ -285,10 +252,13 @@ static ssize_t timeleft_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> char *buf)
> {
> struct watchdog_device *wdd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> + struct _watchdog_device *_wdd = wdd->wdd_data;
> ssize_t status;
> unsigned int val;
>
> + mutex_lock(&_wdd->lock);
> status = watchdog_get_timeleft(wdd, &val);
> + mutex_unlock(&_wdd->lock);
> if (!status)
> status = sprintf(buf, "%u\n", val);
>
> @@ -363,28 +333,17 @@ __ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(wdt);
> * @wdd: the watchdog device to do the ioctl on
> * @cmd: watchdog command
> * @arg: argument pointer
> + *
> + * The caller must hold _wdd->lock.
> */
>
> static int watchdog_ioctl_op(struct watchdog_device *wdd, unsigned int cmd,
> unsigned long arg)
> {
> - int err;
> -
> if (!wdd->ops->ioctl)
> return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
>
> - mutex_lock(&wdd->lock);
> -
> - if (test_bit(WDOG_UNREGISTERED, &wdd->status)) {
> - err = -ENODEV;
> - goto out_ioctl;
> - }
> -
> - err = wdd->ops->ioctl(wdd, cmd, arg);
> -
> -out_ioctl:
> - mutex_unlock(&wdd->lock);
> - return err;
> + return wdd->ops->ioctl(wdd, cmd, arg);
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -402,7 +361,7 @@ out_ioctl:
> static ssize_t watchdog_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
> size_t len, loff_t *ppos)
> {
> - struct watchdog_device *wdd = file->private_data;
> + struct _watchdog_device *_wdd = file->private_data;
> size_t i;
> char c;
> int err;
> @@ -414,18 +373,18 @@ static ssize_t watchdog_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
> * Note: just in case someone wrote the magic character
> * five months ago...
> */
> - clear_bit(WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE, &wdd->status);
> + clear_bit(_WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE, &_wdd->status);
>
> /* scan to see whether or not we got the magic character */
> for (i = 0; i != len; i++) {
> if (get_user(c, data + i))
> return -EFAULT;
> if (c == 'V')
> - set_bit(WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE, &wdd->status);
> + set_bit(_WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE, &_wdd->status);
> }
>
> /* someone wrote to us, so we send the watchdog a keepalive ping */
> - err = watchdog_ping(wdd);
> + err = _watchdog_ping(_wdd);
> if (err < 0)
> return err;
>
> @@ -445,71 +404,94 @@ static ssize_t watchdog_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data,
> static long watchdog_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> unsigned long arg)
> {
> - struct watchdog_device *wdd = file->private_data;
> + struct _watchdog_device *_wdd = file->private_data;
> void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
> + struct watchdog_device *wdd;
> int __user *p = argp;
> unsigned int val;
> - int err;
> + int err = 0;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&_wdd->lock);
> +
> + wdd = _wdd->wdd;
> + if (!wdd) {
> + err = -ENODEV;
> + goto out_ioctl;
> + }
>
> err = watchdog_ioctl_op(wdd, cmd, arg);
> if (err != -ENOIOCTLCMD)
> - return err;
> + goto out_ioctl;
>
> switch (cmd) {
> case WDIOC_GETSUPPORT:
> - return copy_to_user(argp, wdd->info,
> + err = copy_to_user(argp, wdd->info,
> sizeof(struct watchdog_info)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
> + break;
> case WDIOC_GETSTATUS:
> - err = watchdog_get_status(wdd, &val);
> - if (err == -ENODEV)
> - return err;
> - return put_user(val, p);
> + val = watchdog_get_status(wdd);
> + err = put_user(val, p);
> + break;
> case WDIOC_GETBOOTSTATUS:
> - return put_user(wdd->bootstatus, p);
> + err = put_user(wdd->bootstatus, p);
> + break;
> case WDIOC_SETOPTIONS:
> - if (get_user(val, p))
> - return -EFAULT;
> + if (get_user(val, p)) {
> + err = -EFAULT;
> + break;
> + }
> if (val & WDIOS_DISABLECARD) {
> err = watchdog_stop(wdd);
> if (err < 0)
> - return err;
> + break;
> }
> - if (val & WDIOS_ENABLECARD) {
> + if (val & WDIOS_ENABLECARD)
> err = watchdog_start(wdd);
> - if (err < 0)
> - return err;
> - }
> - return 0;
> + break;
> case WDIOC_KEEPALIVE:
> - if (!(wdd->info->options & WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING))
> - return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> - return watchdog_ping(wdd);
> + if (!(wdd->info->options & WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING)) {
> + err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + break;
> + }
> + err = watchdog_ping(wdd);
> + break;
> case WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT:
> - if (get_user(val, p))
> - return -EFAULT;
> + if (get_user(val, p)) {
> + err = -EFAULT;
> + break;
> + }
> err = watchdog_set_timeout(wdd, val);
> if (err < 0)
> - return err;
> + break;
> /* If the watchdog is active then we send a keepalive ping
> * to make sure that the watchdog keep's running (and if
> * possible that it takes the new timeout) */
> err = watchdog_ping(wdd);
> if (err < 0)
> - return err;
> + break;
> /* Fall */
> case WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
> /* timeout == 0 means that we don't know the timeout */
> - if (wdd->timeout == 0)
> - return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> - return put_user(wdd->timeout, p);
> + if (wdd->timeout == 0) {
> + err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + break;
> + }
> + err = put_user(wdd->timeout, p);
> + break;
> case WDIOC_GETTIMELEFT:
> err = watchdog_get_timeleft(wdd, &val);
> - if (err)
> - return err;
> - return put_user(val, p);
> + if (err < 0)
> + break;
> + err = put_user(val, p);
> + break;
> default:
> - return -ENOTTY;
> + err = -ENOTTY;
> + break;
> }
> +
> +out_ioctl:
> + mutex_unlock(&_wdd->lock);
> + return err;
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -524,45 +506,68 @@ static long watchdog_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
>
> static int watchdog_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> - int err = -EBUSY;
> + struct _watchdog_device *_wdd;
> struct watchdog_device *wdd;
> + int err;
>
> /* Get the corresponding watchdog device */
> if (imajor(inode) == MISC_MAJOR)
> - wdd = old_wdd;
> + _wdd = _old_wdd;
> else
> - wdd = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct watchdog_device, cdev);
> + _wdd = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct _watchdog_device,
> + cdev);
>
> /* the watchdog is single open! */
> - if (test_and_set_bit(WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &wdd->status))
> + if (test_and_set_bit(_WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &_wdd->status))
> return -EBUSY;
>
> + mutex_lock(&_wdd->lock);
> +
> + wdd = _wdd->wdd;
> + if (!wdd) {
> + err = -ENODEV;
> + goto out_clear;
> + }
> +
> /*
> * If the /dev/watchdog device is open, we don't want the module
> * to be unloaded.
> */
> - if (!try_module_get(wdd->ops->owner))
> - goto out;
> + if (!try_module_get(wdd->ops->owner)) {
> + err = -EBUSY;
> + goto out_clear;
> + }
>
> err = watchdog_start(wdd);
> if (err < 0)
> goto out_mod;
>
> - file->private_data = wdd;
> + file->private_data = _wdd;
>
> - if (wdd->ops->ref)
> - wdd->ops->ref(wdd);
> + kref_get(&_wdd->kref);
>
> /* dev/watchdog is a virtual (and thus non-seekable) filesystem */
> - return nonseekable_open(inode, file);
> + err = nonseekable_open(inode, file);
> + goto out_unlock;
>
> out_mod:
> - module_put(wdd->ops->owner);
> -out:
> - clear_bit(WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &wdd->status);
> + module_put(_wdd->wdd->ops->owner);
> +out_clear:
> + clear_bit(_WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &_wdd->status);
> +out_unlock:
> + mutex_unlock(&_wdd->lock);
> return err;
> }
>
> +static void watchdog_wdd_release(struct kref *kref)
> +{
> + struct _watchdog_device *_wdd;
> +
> + _wdd = container_of(kref, struct _watchdog_device, kref);
> +
> + kfree(_wdd);
> +}
> +
> /*
> * watchdog_release: release the watchdog device.
> * @inode: inode of device
> @@ -575,9 +580,16 @@ out:
>
> static int watchdog_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> - struct watchdog_device *wdd = file->private_data;
> + struct _watchdog_device *_wdd = file->private_data;
> + struct watchdog_device *wdd;
> int err = -EBUSY;
>
> + mutex_lock(&_wdd->lock);
> +
> + wdd = _wdd->wdd;
> + if (!wdd)
> + goto done;
> +
> /*
> * We only stop the watchdog if we received the magic character
> * or if WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE is not set. If nowayout was set then
> @@ -585,29 +597,24 @@ 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) ||
> + 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 */
> if (err < 0) {
> - mutex_lock(&wdd->lock);
> - if (!test_bit(WDOG_UNREGISTERED, &wdd->status))
> - dev_crit(wdd->dev, "watchdog did not stop!\n");
> - mutex_unlock(&wdd->lock);
> + dev_crit(wdd->dev, "watchdog did not stop!\n");
> watchdog_ping(wdd);
> }
>
> - /* Allow the owner module to be unloaded again */
> - module_put(wdd->ops->owner);
> -
> /* make sure that /dev/watchdog can be re-opened */
> - clear_bit(WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &wdd->status);
> -
> - /* Note wdd may be gone after this, do not use after this! */
> - if (wdd->ops->unref)
> - wdd->ops->unref(wdd);
> + clear_bit(_WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &_wdd->status);
>
> +done:
> + mutex_unlock(&_wdd->lock);
> + /* Allow the owner module to be unloaded again */
> + module_put(_wdd->cdev.owner);
> + kref_put(&_wdd->kref, watchdog_wdd_release);
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -637,10 +644,20 @@ static struct miscdevice watchdog_miscdev = {
>
> static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd, dev_t devno)
> {
> + struct _watchdog_device *_wdd;
> int err;
>
> + _wdd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct _watchdog_device), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!_wdd)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + kref_init(&_wdd->kref);
> + mutex_init(&_wdd->lock);
> +
> + _wdd->wdd = wdd;
> + wdd->wdd_data = _wdd;
> +
> if (wdd->id == 0) {
> - old_wdd = wdd;
> + _old_wdd = _wdd;
> watchdog_miscdev.parent = wdd->parent;
> err = misc_register(&watchdog_miscdev);
> if (err != 0) {
> @@ -649,23 +666,25 @@ static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd, dev_t devno)
> if (err == -EBUSY)
> pr_err("%s: a legacy watchdog module is probably present.\n",
> wdd->info->identity);
> - old_wdd = NULL;
> + _old_wdd = NULL;
> + kfree(_wdd);
> return err;
> }
> }
>
> /* Fill in the data structures */
> - cdev_init(&wdd->cdev, &watchdog_fops);
> - wdd->cdev.owner = wdd->ops->owner;
> + cdev_init(&_wdd->cdev, &watchdog_fops);
> + _wdd->cdev.owner = wdd->ops->owner;
>
> /* Add the device */
> - err = cdev_add(&wdd->cdev, devno, 1);
> + err = cdev_add(&_wdd->cdev, devno, 1);
> if (err) {
> pr_err("watchdog%d unable to add device %d:%d\n",
> wdd->id, MAJOR(watchdog_devt), wdd->id);
> if (wdd->id == 0) {
> misc_deregister(&watchdog_miscdev);
> - old_wdd = NULL;
> + _old_wdd = NULL;
> + kref_put(&_wdd->kref, watchdog_wdd_release);
> }
> }
> return err;
> @@ -681,15 +700,23 @@ static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd, dev_t devno)
>
> static void watchdog_cdev_unregister(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> {
> - mutex_lock(&wdd->lock);
> - set_bit(WDOG_UNREGISTERED, &wdd->status);
> - mutex_unlock(&wdd->lock);
> + struct _watchdog_device *_wdd = wdd->wdd_data;
>
> - cdev_del(&wdd->cdev);
> + cdev_del(&_wdd->cdev);
> if (wdd->id == 0) {
> misc_deregister(&watchdog_miscdev);
> - old_wdd = NULL;
> + _old_wdd = NULL;
> }
> +
> + if (watchdog_active(wdd))
> + pr_crit("watchdog%d: watchdog still running!\n", wdd->id);
As it is now safe to unbind and rebind a driver, it means that a
watchdog driver probe function can now be called with a running
watchdog. Some drivers handle this situation, but I think that most of
them expect the watchdog to be off at this point.
> +
> + mutex_lock(&_wdd->lock);
> + _wdd->wdd = NULL;
> + wdd->wdd_data = NULL;
> + mutex_unlock(&_wdd->lock);
> +
> + kref_put(&_wdd->kref, watchdog_wdd_release);
> }
>
> static struct class watchdog_class = {
> @@ -742,9 +769,9 @@ int watchdog_dev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
>
> void watchdog_dev_unregister(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
> {
> - watchdog_cdev_unregister(wdd);
> device_destroy(&watchdog_class, wdd->dev->devt);
> wdd->dev = NULL;
> + watchdog_cdev_unregister(wdd);
> }
>
> /*
> diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
> index a88f955fde92..1d3363aeb6e4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
> +++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
> @@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ struct watchdog_device;
> * @set_timeout:The routine for setting the watchdog devices timeout value (in seconds).
> * @get_timeleft:The routine that gets the time left before a reset (in seconds).
> * @restart: The routine for restarting the machine.
> - * @ref: The ref operation for dyn. allocated watchdog_device structs
> - * @unref: The unref operation for dyn. allocated watchdog_device structs
> * @ioctl: The routines that handles extra ioctl calls.
> *
> * The watchdog_ops structure contains a list of low-level operations
> @@ -48,15 +46,14 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
> int (*set_timeout)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int);
> unsigned int (*get_timeleft)(struct watchdog_device *);
> int (*restart)(struct watchdog_device *);
> - void (*ref)(struct watchdog_device *);
> - void (*unref)(struct watchdog_device *);
> + void (*ref)(struct watchdog_device *) __deprecated;
> + void (*unref)(struct watchdog_device *) __deprecated;
> long (*ioctl)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
> };
>
> /** struct watchdog_device - The structure that defines a watchdog device
> *
> * @id: The watchdog's ID. (Allocated by watchdog_register_device)
> - * @cdev: The watchdog's Character device.
> * @dev: The device for our watchdog
> * @parent: The parent bus device
> * @info: Pointer to a watchdog_info structure.
> @@ -67,8 +64,8 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
> * @max_timeout:The watchdog devices maximum timeout value (in seconds).
> * @reboot_nb: The notifier block to stop watchdog on reboot.
> * @restart_nb: The notifier block to register a restart function.
> - * @driver-data:Pointer to the drivers private data.
> - * @lock: Lock for watchdog core internal use only.
> + * @driver_data:Pointer to the drivers private data.
> + * @wdd_data: Pointer to watchdog core internal data.
> * @status: Field that contains the devices internal status bits.
> * @deferred: entry in wtd_deferred_reg_list which is used to
> * register early initialized watchdogs.
> @@ -84,7 +81,6 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
> */
> struct watchdog_device {
> int id;
> - struct cdev cdev;
> struct device *dev;
> struct device *parent;
> const struct watchdog_info *info;
> @@ -96,15 +92,12 @@ struct watchdog_device {
> struct notifier_block reboot_nb;
> struct notifier_block restart_nb;
> void *driver_data;
> - struct mutex lock;
> + void *wdd_data;
> unsigned long status;
> /* Bit numbers for status flags */
> #define WDOG_ACTIVE 0 /* Is the watchdog running/active */
> -#define WDOG_DEV_OPEN 1 /* Opened via /dev/watchdog ? */
> -#define WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE 2 /* Did we receive the magic char ? */
> -#define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT 3 /* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */
> -#define WDOG_UNREGISTERED 4 /* Has the device been unregistered */
> -#define WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT 5 /* Should be stopped on reboot */
> +#define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT 1 /* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */
> +#define WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT 2 /* Should be stopped on reboot */
> struct list_head deferred;
> };
>
> --
> 2.1.4
>
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