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-rw-r--r--Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt8
-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/Kconfig9
-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c5
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
index 32d3606caa65..ec919dc895ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-parameters.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ modules.
The watchdog core parameter watchdog.open_timeout is the maximum time,
in seconds, for which the watchdog framework will take care of pinging
a running hardware watchdog until userspace opens the corresponding
-/dev/watchdogN device. A value of 0 (the default) means an infinite
-timeout. Setting this to a non-zero value can be useful to ensure that
-either userspace comes up properly, or the board gets reset and allows
-fallback logic in the bootloader to try something else.
+/dev/watchdogN device. A value of 0 means an infinite timeout. Setting
+this to a non-zero value can be useful to ensure that either userspace
+comes up properly, or the board gets reset and allows fallback logic
+in the bootloader to try something else.
-------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
index 975e573a6ea5..ec2647ea20e9 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ config WATCHDOG_HANDLE_BOOT_ENABLED
the watchdog on its own. Thus if your userspace does not start fast
enough your device will reboot.
+config WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT
+ int "Timeout value for opening watchdog device"
+ default 0
+ help
+ The maximum time, in seconds, for which the watchdog framework takes
+ care of pinging a hardware watchdog. A value of 0 means infinite. The
+ value set here can be overridden by the commandline parameter
+ "watchdog.open_timeout".
+
config WATCHDOG_SYSFS
bool "Read different watchdog information through sysfs"
help
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index e4b51db48f0e..334b810db2cf 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static struct kthread_worker *watchdog_kworker;
static bool handle_boot_enabled =
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_HANDLE_BOOT_ENABLED);
-static unsigned open_timeout;
+static unsigned open_timeout = CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT;
static bool watchdog_past_open_deadline(struct watchdog_core_data *data)
{
@@ -1214,4 +1214,5 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(handle_boot_enabled,
module_param(open_timeout, uint, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(open_timeout,
- "Maximum time (in seconds, 0 means infinity) for userspace to take over a running watchdog (default=0)");
+ "Maximum time (in seconds, 0 means infinity) for userspace to take over a running watchdog (default="
+ __MODULE_STRING(CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT) ")");