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watchdog.h File Reference

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Defines
#define	WATCHDOG_DEVICE   "/dev/watchdog"
#define	WATCHDOG_RESET_INTERVAL   60
Functions
int	reset_watchdog (void)
int	setup_watchdog_callback (void)
Variables
gboolean	watchdog_enabled
unsigned long	watchdog_period
int	watchdog_fd

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Define Documentation

#define WATCHDOG_DEVICE   "/dev/watchdog"

This is the interface to write to in order to reset the timer

#define WATCHDOG_RESET_INTERVAL   60

This is the time between watchdog timer resets

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Function Documentation

int reset_watchdog (  void    )

This function writes a value to the /dev/watchdog interface. If the device is not opened, it returns without doing anything. If this function is unable to reset the watchdog timer the following message will be logged: Failed to reset watchdog timer

int setup_watchdog_callback (  void    )

This function sets up the timer for the watchdog update It will open the watchdog device interface, for example, /dev/watchdog and the timer callback function will handle writing to the file (thus reseting the timer). If the timer is so short that this function cannot open the /dev/watchdog interface and install the timer callback, then the timer will expire though not necessarily because of a system error. If the watchdog device cannot be opening, this function returns without setting up the timer. If setting up the timer callback fails, then the watchdog device is closed. It is possible that the timer may expire, depending upon the interval, before the device is closed in this case. It should be noted that the system timer has a resolution of about 10ms, so any update period smaller than this may not work correctly. Currently, only a value of seconds is accepted in a range of 1 second to the max value of a long. Returns: E_INVALID if unable to setup watchdog timer reset callback or if the watchdog period is too small. SUCCESS if device was opened and callback installed Todo: Allow watchdog upate values in milliseconds.

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Variable Documentation

gboolean watchdog_enabled (    )

Indicates if the watchdog reset feature should be enabled

int watchdog_fd (    )

This is the file descriptor of the watchdog interface

unsigned long watchdog_period (    )

Sets the interval of time between reseting the watchdog timer

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