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Message-ID: <8f9fde5a-9346-4767-89e1-efaf6288083b@roeck-us.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 11:45:46 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@....org>,
Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ux-watchdog.org>
Cc: linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: Inform about watchdog timeout.
On 7/14/24 08:46, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
> When the kernel stops feeding the watchdog, inform the user that it is
> about to timeout in X seconds.
>
> The message looks like: watchdog: watchdog0: timeout in 15 seconds
>
> This is helpful to warn the user that, most likely,
> CONFIG_WATCHDOG_OPEN_TIMEOUT seconds have elapsed and the userspace hasn't
> start feeding the watchdog.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@....org>
I don't like noisiness in the kernel, and I don't see value in this message.
Maybe Wim thinks otherwise, but for me this is NACK.
Guenter
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