Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] watchdog: w83627hf_wdt: Use WDOG_HW_RUNNING for running chip on boot
Guenter Roeck <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 07:59:08 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-watchdog,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 05:45:03PM +0200, Paul Louvel wrote:
> If the watchdog is already running when the driver is initialized, the
> driver currently refreshes it once using the default timeout of 60
> seconds.
>
> Since commit ee142889e32f ("watchdog: Introduce WDOG_HW_RUNNING flag"),
> the watchdog core can kick an already running watchdog alive until
> userspace open the device.
>
> Add the WDOG_HW_RUNNING flag to the watchdog status if the watchdog is
> already running.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Louvel <[email protected]>
Applied.
Thanks,
Guenter