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1/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
2/*
3 * Mini watchdog implementation for busybox
4 *
5 * Copyright (C) 2003 Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
6 * Copyright (C) 2006 Bernhard Fischer <busybox@busybox.net>
7 *
8 * Licensed under the GPL v2 or later, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
9 */
10
11#include "busybox.h"
12
13#define OPT_FOREGROUND 0x01
14#define OPT_TIMER 0x02
15
16/* Watchdog file descriptor */
17static int fd;
18
19static void watchdog_shutdown(int ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED unused)
20{
21 write(fd, "V", 1); /* Magic, see watchdog-api.txt in kernel */
22 close(fd);
23 exit(0);
24}
25
26int watchdog_main(int argc, char **argv)
27{
28 unsigned opts;
29 unsigned timer_duration = 30; /* Userspace timer duration, in seconds */
30 char *t_arg;
31
32 opts = getopt32(argc, argv, "Ft:", &t_arg);
33
34 if (opts & OPT_TIMER)
35 timer_duration = xatou(t_arg);
36
37 /* We're only interested in the watchdog device .. */
38 if (optind < argc - 1 || argc == 1)
39 bb_show_usage();
40
41#ifdef BB_NOMMU
42 if (!(opts & OPT_FOREGROUND))
43 vfork_daemon_rexec(0, 1, argc, argv, "-F");
44#else
45 xdaemon(0, 1);
46#endif
47
48 signal(SIGHUP, watchdog_shutdown);
49 signal(SIGINT, watchdog_shutdown);
50
51 fd = xopen(argv[argc - 1], O_WRONLY);
52
53 while (1) {
54 /*
55 * Make sure we clear the counter before sleeping, as the counter value
56 * is undefined at this point -- PFM
57 */
58 write(fd, "\0", 1);
59 sleep(timer_duration);
60 }
61
62 watchdog_shutdown(0);
63
64 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
65}