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@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ To disable the watchdog on reboot, the user must call the following helper:
static inline void watchdog_stop_on_reboot(struct watchdog_device *wdd);
+To disable the watchdog when unregistering the watchdog, the user must call
+the following helper. Note that this will only stop the watchdog if the
+nowayout flag is not set.
+
+static inline void watchdog_stop_on_unregister(struct watchdog_device *wdd);
+
To change the priority of the restart handler the following helper should be
used: