[PATCH 3/8] watchdog: core: Prevent ping worker from re-arming timer on suspend
From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Tue Sep 29 2026 - 09:55:58 EST
In watchdog_dev_suspend(), hrtimer_cancel() is called before
kthread_cancel_work_sync(). If the timer expired just before
hrtimer_cancel() and queued watchdog_ping_work(), the worker can run
and acquire wd_data->lock while kthread_cancel_work_sync() waits for it
to finish. Because no state flag indicates that the watchdog is
suspended, watchdog_worker_should_ping() returns true and
__watchdog_ping() re-arms wd_data->timer while the device is suspended.
Add a _WDOG_SUSPENDED internal status bit to wd_data->status, set it
under wd_data->lock in watchdog_dev_suspend(), clear it under
wd_data->lock in watchdog_dev_resume(), and check it in
watchdog_worker_should_ping(), watchdog_need_worker(), and
__watchdog_ping() so the timer cannot be armed while suspended.
Fixes: 60bcd91aafd2 ("watchdog: introduce watchdog_dev_suspend/resume")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h | 1 +
drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 15 +++++++++++----
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
index ab825d9f9248..c6df5a584357 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_core.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct watchdog_core_data {
#define _WDOG_DEV_OPEN 0 /* Opened ? */
#define _WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE 1 /* Did we receive the magic char ? */
#define _WDOG_KEEPALIVE 2 /* Did we receive a keepalive ? */
+#define _WDOG_SUSPENDED 3 /* Suspended ? */
};
/*
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index 50224877ff49..e38f1ef8e683 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ static inline bool watchdog_need_worker(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
unsigned int hm = wdd->max_hw_heartbeat_ms;
unsigned int t = wdd->timeout * 1000;
+ if (test_bit(_WDOG_SUSPENDED, &wdd->wd_data->status))
+ return false;
+
/*
* A worker to generate heartbeat requests is needed if all of the
* following conditions are true.
@@ -154,9 +157,10 @@ static int __watchdog_ping(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
now = ktime_get();
if (ktime_after(earliest_keepalive, now)) {
- hrtimer_start(&wd_data->timer,
- ktime_sub(earliest_keepalive, now),
- HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
+ if (!test_bit(_WDOG_SUSPENDED, &wd_data->status))
+ hrtimer_start(&wd_data->timer,
+ ktime_sub(earliest_keepalive, now),
+ HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
return 0;
}
@@ -207,7 +211,7 @@ static bool watchdog_worker_should_ping(struct watchdog_core_data *wd_data)
{
struct watchdog_device *wdd = wd_data->wdd;
- if (!wdd)
+ if (!wdd || test_bit(_WDOG_SUSPENDED, &wd_data->status))
return false;
if (watchdog_active(wdd))
@@ -1318,6 +1322,8 @@ int watchdog_dev_suspend(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
mutex_lock(&wd_data->lock);
if (watchdog_worker_should_ping(wd_data))
ret = __watchdog_ping(wd_data->wdd);
+ if (!ret)
+ set_bit(_WDOG_SUSPENDED, &wd_data->status);
mutex_unlock(&wd_data->lock);
if (ret)
@@ -1346,6 +1352,7 @@ int watchdog_dev_resume(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
* ping worker if needed.
*/
mutex_lock(&wd_data->lock);
+ clear_bit(_WDOG_SUSPENDED, &wd_data->status);
if (watchdog_worker_should_ping(wd_data))
ret = __watchdog_ping(wd_data->wdd);
mutex_unlock(&wd_data->lock);
--
2.45.2