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gomspace/libutil/include/gs/util/watchdog/watchdog_task.h

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+#ifndef GS_UTIL_WATCHDOG_WATCHDOG_TASK_H
+#define GS_UTIL_WATCHDOG_WATCHDOG_TASK_H
+/* Copyright (c) 2013-2017 GomSpace A/S. All rights reserved. */
+/**
+   @file
+
+   Software Watchdog server/task interface
+
+   The Software Watchdog task implements the core (backend) functionality of the the software watchdog.
+   The Client API for the SW watchdog is implemented in watchdog.h
+
+   @note This API is not thread safe!
+*/
+
+#include <gs/util/watchdog/watchdog.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+   Start the Software Watchdog monitor task if the SWWD is to be used as a
+   separate task (active mode).
+   In this case the SWWD task will monitor expired clients in the background
+   and the polling API gs_swwd_check_expired_clients() needs not to be called by
+   the user.
+
+   @return_gs_error_t
+*/
+
+gs_error_t gs_swwd_monitor_task_start();
+
+/**
+   Stops the Software Watchdog monitor task
+
+   @param[in] timeout_s Maximum number of seconds to allow this operation to complete.
+
+   @return_gs_error_t
+*/
+gs_error_t gs_swwd_monitor_task_stop(uint32_t timeout_s);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif