Hi Wenyou,

> Add the function watchdog_is_open to check whether or not
> the /dev/watchdog? is opened
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenyou Yang <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> ---
>  include/linux/watchdog.h |    8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
> index e40cc2b..7ea4465 100644
> --- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
> +++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
> @@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ static inline bool watchdog_active(struct 
> watchdog_device *wdd)
>       return test_bit(WDOG_ACTIVE, &wdd->status);
>  }
>  
> +/* Use the following function to check whether or not
> + * the /dev/watchdog? is opened
> + */
> +static inline bool watchdog_is_open(struct watchdog_device *wddev)
> +{
> +     return test_bit(WDOG_DEV_OPEN, &wddev->status);
> +}
> +
>  /* Use the following function to set the nowayout feature */
>  static inline void watchdog_set_nowayout(struct watchdog_device *wdd, bool 
> nowayout)
>  {

NAK, this is not good. You should use watchdog_active instead.
Reason: your device could have been opened as for instance /dev/watchdog0.

Kind regards,
Wim.
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