[WATCHDOG] wdt nowayout changes from 2.4

drivers/char/watchdog/wdt.c

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
 static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
+static int expect_close;
 
 /*
  *	You must set these - there is no sane way to probe for this board.
@@ -258,8 +259,21 @@ static ssize_t wdt_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count, loff_
 	if (ppos != &file->f_pos)
 		return -ESPIPE;
 
-	if(count)
-	{
+	if(count) {
+		if (!nowayout) {
+			size_t i;
+
+			/* In case it was set long ago */
+			expect_close = 0;
+
+			for (i = 0; i != count; i++) {
+				char c;
+				if (get_user(c, buf + i))
+					return -EFAULT;
+				if (c == 'V')
+					expect_close = 1;
+			}
+		}
 		wdt_ping();
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -317,10 +331,11 @@ static int wdt_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 {
 	static struct watchdog_info ident=
 	{
-		WDIOF_OVERHEAT|WDIOF_POWERUNDER|WDIOF_POWEROVER
-			|WDIOF_EXTERN1|WDIOF_EXTERN2|WDIOF_FANFAULT,
-		1,
-		"WDT500/501"
+		.options = WDIOF_OVERHEAT|WDIOF_POWERUNDER|WDIOF_POWEROVER
+					|WDIOF_EXTERN1|WDIOF_EXTERN2|WDIOF_FANFAULT
+					|WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT|WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE,
+		.firmware_version = 1,
+		.identity = "WDT500/501"
 	};
 	
 	ident.options&=WDT_OPTION_MASK;	/* Mask down to the card we have */
@@ -399,9 +414,11 @@ static int wdt_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	if(minor(inode->i_rdev)==WATCHDOG_MINOR)
 	{
-		if (!nowayout) {
+		if (expect_close) {
 			inb_p(WDT_DC);		/* Disable counters */
 			wdt_ctr_load(2,0);	/* 0 length reset pulses now */
+		} else {
+			printk(KERN_CRIT "wdt: WDT device closed unexpectedly.  WDT will not stop!\n");
 		}
 		clear_bit(0, &wdt_is_open);
 	}