1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/watchdog.h b/include/linux/watchdog.h
index da1dc1b52744..da70f0facd2b 100644
--- a/include/linux/watchdog.h
+++ b/include/linux/watchdog.h
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ struct watchdog_device;
  * @status:     The routine that shows the status of the watchdog device.
  * @set_timeout:The routine for setting the watchdog devices timeout value.
  * @get_timeleft:The routine that get's the time that's left before a reset.
+ * @ref:        The ref operation for dyn. allocated watchdog_device structs
+ * @unref:      The unref operation for dyn. allocated watchdog_device structs
  * @ioctl:      The routines that handles extra ioctl calls.
  *
  * The watchdog_ops structure contains a list of low-level operations
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ struct watchdog_ops {
         unsigned int (*status)(struct watchdog_device *);
         int (*set_timeout)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int);
         unsigned int (*get_timeleft)(struct watchdog_device *);
+        void (*ref)(struct watchdog_device *);
+        void (*unref)(struct watchdog_device *);
         long (*ioctl)(struct watchdog_device *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 };
 
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
 #define WDOG_DEV_OPEN           1       /* Opened via /dev/watchdog ? */
 #define WDOG_ALLOW_RELEASE      2       /* Did we receive the magic char ? */
 #define WDOG_NO_WAY_OUT         3       /* Is 'nowayout' feature set ? */
+#define WDOG_UNREGISTERED       4       /* Has the device been unregistered */
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT