Hello Guenter, On Monday 09 November 2015 07:19:09, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On 11/09/2015 01:55 AM, Alexander Stein wrote: > > This notifier is required when the watchdog is configured as always running > > because in this case the watchdog will be triggered when the kernel panics > > at boot before any application could open the device, e.g. because the > > rootfs is broken. This should result in a resetting system. Thus we > > register a panic notifier which stops triggering the watchdog. > > Shouldn't the timer be stopped instead ?
I think it may be stopped additionally, it would make it alsomore similar to gpio_wdt_notify_sys. AFAICS gpio_wdt_disable ensures that a HW_ALGO_LEVEL type is set to inactive state otherwise it would stay triggered. Best regards, Alexander -- Dipl.-Inf. Alexander Stein SYS TEC electronic GmbH [email protected] Legal and Commercial Address: Am Windrad 2 08468 Heinsdorfergrund Germany Office: +49 (0) 3765 38600-0 Fax: +49 (0) 3765 38600-4100 Managing Directors: Director Technology/CEO: Dipl.-Phys. Siegmar Schmidt; Director Commercial Affairs/COO: Dipl. Ing. (FH) Armin von Collrepp Commercial Registry: Amtsgericht Chemnitz, HRB 28082; USt.-Id Nr. DE150534010 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
