linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/10 v2] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver

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Message-ID: <4E034A09.6050107@teksavvy.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:13:29 -0400
From:	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>
To:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Watchdog Mailing List <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/10 v2] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver

On 11-06-22 04:13 PM, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
>>>>> Then you'd need an additional interface to specify which watchdog as soon
>>>>> as we support multiple watchdogs.
>>>>
>>>> You can always have multiple ways of setting nowayout -- hardware requirements,
>>>> global module option, local module option, and a new ioctl command -- but
>>>> what is being used is then the logical OR of all of them.
>>>
>>> An ioctl for it would make a lot of sense as watchdogs are often compiled
>>> in so currently there isn't a good way to runtime set this.
>>
>> I wouldn't mind a kernel parameter to enable a hardware watchdog timer at boot.
>> Currently, there's a window at startup where the watchdog is not enabled,
>> and the system could lock up and die in there without it being triggered.
> 
> This is another tricky thing were developers will always discuss about.
> What you don't want to happen is that the watchdog reboots your system when it does
> an fsck at bootup (for instance because the system rebooted by the watchdog and left
> the filesystem in a dirty state...).
> 
> So it's more complex if you look at the overal system...

Sure, but that's got little to do with wanting a kernel parameter to OPTIONALLY
enable a hardware watchdog timer at boot.

Filesystem checks are a separate issue, easily worked around in practice.
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