Some watchdogs require a minimum time between heartbeats.
Examples are the watchdogs in DA9062 and AT91SAM9x.

Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <li...@roeck-us.net>

---
v6: Rebased to v4.4-rc2
v5: Rebased to v4.4-rc1
    Fixed typo in documentation.
v4: Added patch
---
 Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt |  4 ++++
 drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c                | 12 ++++++++++++
 include/linux/watchdog.h                       |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt 
b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index f2ee8226d320..b417fdb6caac 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ struct watchdog_device {
        unsigned int timeout;
        unsigned int min_timeout;
        unsigned int max_timeout;
+       unsigned int min_hw_heartbeat_ms;
        unsigned int max_hw_timeout_ms;
        void *driver_data;
        unsigned long status;
        struct mutex lock;
        unsigned long last_keepalive;
+       unsigned long last_hw_keepalive;
        struct delayed_work work;
        struct list_head deferred;
 };
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ It contains following fields:
 * max_timeout: the watchdog timer's maximum timeout value (in seconds),
   as seen from userspace. If set, the maximum configurable value for
   'timeout'. Not used if max_hw_timeout_ms is non-zero.
+* min_hw_heartbeat_ms: Minimum time between heartbeats sent to the chip,
+  in milli-seconds.
 * max_hw_timeout_ms: Maximum hardware timeout, in milli-seconds.
   If set, the infrastructure will send heartbeats to the watchdog driver
   if 'timeout' is larger than max_hw_timeout, unless WDOG_ACTIVE
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index 5dd7319c0169..82706d43e0c8 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ static inline void watchdog_update_worker(struct 
watchdog_device *wdd,
 
 static int _watchdog_ping(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
 {
+       unsigned long earliest_keepalive = wdd->last_hw_keepalive +
+                               msecs_to_jiffies(wdd->min_hw_heartbeat_ms);
        int err;
 
        if (test_bit(WDOG_UNREGISTERED, &wdd->status))
@@ -119,6 +121,13 @@ static int _watchdog_ping(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
        if (!watchdog_active(wdd) && !watchdog_hw_running(wdd))
                return 0;
 
+       if (time_is_after_jiffies(earliest_keepalive)) {
+               mod_delayed_work(watchdog_wq, &wdd->work,
+                                earliest_keepalive - jiffies);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       wdd->last_hw_keepalive = jiffies;
        if (wdd->ops->ping)
                err = wdd->ops->ping(wdd);  /* ping the watchdog */
        else
@@ -667,6 +676,9 @@ int watchdog_dev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
                return err;
        }
 
+       /* Record time of most recent heartbeat as 'just before now'. */
+       wdd->last_hw_keepalive = jiffies - 1;
+
        /*
         * If the watchdog is running, prevent its driver from being unloaded,
         * and schedule an immediate ping.
diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index 98f79db93600..606dfd55927f 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
  * @max_timeout:The watchdog devices maximum timeout value (in seconds)
  *             as configurable from user space. Only relevant if
  *             max_hw_timeout_ms is not provided.
+ * @min_hw_heartbeat_ms:
+ *             Minimum time between heartbeats, in milli-seconds.
  * @max_hw_timeout_ms:
  *             Hardware limit for maximum timeout, in milli-seconds.
  *             Replaces max_timeout if specified.
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
  * @last_keepalive:
  *             Time of most recent keepalive triggered from user space,
  *             in jiffies (watchdog core internal).
+ * @last_hw_keepalive:
+ *             Time of most recent keepalive sent to the driver, in jiffies.
  * @work:      Data structure for worker function (watchdog core internal).
  * @deferred:  entry in wtd_deferred_reg_list which is used to
  *             register early initialized watchdogs.
@@ -99,6 +103,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
        unsigned int timeout;
        unsigned int min_timeout;
        unsigned int max_timeout;
+       unsigned int min_hw_heartbeat_ms;
        unsigned int max_hw_timeout_ms;
        void *driver_data;
        unsigned long status;
@@ -112,6 +117,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
        /* the following variables are for internal use only */
        struct mutex lock;
        unsigned long last_keepalive;
+       unsigned long last_hw_keepalive;
        struct delayed_work work;
        struct list_head deferred;
 };
-- 
2.1.4

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