Merge branch 'for-4.12/asus' into for-linus

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index 35a4d8185b51..a786e5e8973b 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
 #define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT		1	/* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */
 #define WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT	2	/* Should be stopped on reboot */
 #define WDOG_HW_RUNNING		3	/* True if HW watchdog running */
+#define WDOG_STOP_ON_UNREGISTER	4	/* Should be stopped on unregister */
 	struct list_head deferred;
 };
 
@@ -151,6 +152,12 @@ static inline void watchdog_stop_on_reboot(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 	set_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_REBOOT, &wdd->status);
 }
 
+/* Use the following function to stop the watchdog when unregistering it */
+static inline void watchdog_stop_on_unregister(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
+{
+	set_bit(WDOG_STOP_ON_UNREGISTER, &wdd->status);
+}
+
 /* Use the following function to check if a timeout value is invalid */
 static inline bool watchdog_timeout_invalid(struct watchdog_device *wdd, unsigned int t)
 {