From 8f9577eda5b74de4bd8b186c67f20736bdea6e07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "George G. Davis" <george_davis@mentor.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 20:40:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] selftests: watchdog: Validate optional file argument

The newly added optional file argument does not validate if the
file is indeed a watchdog, e.g.:

./watchdog-test  -f /dev/zero
Watchdog Ticking Away!

Fix it by confirming that the WDIOC_GETSUPPORT ioctl succeeds.

Fixes: a4864a33f56caa ("selftests: watchdog: Add optional file argument")
Reported-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@de.adit-jv.com>
Signed-off-by: George G. Davis <george_davis@mentor.com>
Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@de.adit-jv.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
index afff120c7be6e..6ed822dc22222 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/watchdog/watchdog-test.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int c;
 	int oneshot = 0;
 	char *file = "/dev/watchdog";
+	struct watchdog_info info;
 
 	setbuf(stdout, NULL);
 
@@ -118,6 +119,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Validate that `file` is a watchdog device
+	 */
+	ret = ioctl(fd, WDIOC_GETSUPPORT, &info);
+	if (ret) {
+		printf("WDIOC_GETSUPPORT error '%s'\n", strerror(errno));
+		close(fd);
+		exit(ret);
+	}
+
 	optind = 0;
 
 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, sopts, lopts, NULL)) != -1) {
-- 
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