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Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: Report firmware_version in sysfs
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On 11/25/22 14:23, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> This synchronizes the information reported by ioctl and sysfs.
> The mismatch is confusing because "wdctl" from util-linux uses the ioctl
> when used with root privileges and sysfs without.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
> 
> ---
> 
> Userspace implementation:
> 
> https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/pull/1927
> ---
>   drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 10 ++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
> index 55574ed42504..88c76e27873c 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
> @@ -555,6 +555,15 @@ static ssize_t identity_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>   }
>   static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(identity);
>   
> +static ssize_t firmware_version_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> +				     char *buf)
> +{
> +	struct watchdog_device *wdd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> +
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", wdd->info->firmware_version);
> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(firmware_version);
> +
>   static ssize_t state_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>   				char *buf)
>   {
> @@ -618,6 +627,7 @@ static umode_t wdt_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
>   static struct attribute *wdt_attrs[] = {
>   	&dev_attr_state.attr,
>   	&dev_attr_identity.attr,
> +	&dev_attr_firmware_version.attr,
>   	&dev_attr_timeout.attr,
>   	&dev_attr_min_timeout.attr,
>   	&dev_attr_max_timeout.attr,
> 
> base-commit: 0b1dcc2cf55ae6523c6fbd0d741b3ac28c9f4536

I think this conflicts with drivers/watchdog/ziirave_wdt.c which generates its own
firmnware_version attribute.

Guenter