linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 5/5] Watchdog: ARM SBSA Generic Watchdog half timeout panic support

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Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 2016 11:27:31 -0600
From:	Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 5/5] Watchdog: ARM SBSA Generic Watchdog half timeout
 panic support

fu.wei@...aro.org wrote:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SBSA_WATCHDOG_PANIC
> +static bool panic_enabled = true;

I think this should default to 'false', because IMHO, this seems like an 
odd feature.  I'm not crazy about the fact that there's a Kconfig option 
for it either, but I'm not going to NACK this patch.

I personally would prefer to drop this patch, and just wait for 
full-blown pre-timeout support.  It feels like a debugging feature that 
doesn't really belong upstream.  But like I said, it's just my opinion, 
and I won't complain if I'm outvoted.