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From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@linux-watchdog.org>,
	linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Tero Kristo <t-kristo@ti.com>,
	"Su, Bao Cheng (RC-CN DF FA R&D)" <baocheng.su@siemens.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] watchdog: rti-wdt: Provide set_timeout handler to make existing userspace happy
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:36:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <611a79db-4c4c-4538-a67e-370a777387ab@siemens.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e6e3f905-3de5-469c-a47e-179fe23c66df@roeck-us.net>

On 22.04.24 01:50, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 01:41:43PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
>>
>> Prominent userspace - systemd - cannot handle watchdogs without
>> WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT, even if it was configured to the same time as the
>> driver selected or was used by firmware to start the watchdog. To avoid
>> failing in this case, implement a handler that only fails if a deviating
>> set_timeout is requested.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> 
> NACK.
> 
> This will need to be fixed in systemd. set_timeout is and will remain
> optional.

Err, this patch was sent in 2021, and even systemd is long fixed (since
v250).

Jan

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      reply	other threads:[~2024-04-22  5:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-13 11:41 [RFC][PATCH] watchdog: rti-wdt: Provide set_timeout handler to make existing userspace happy Jan Kiszka
2021-09-13 14:37 ` Guenter Roeck
2024-04-21  8:49 ` Francesco Dolcini
2024-04-22  5:35   ` Jan Kiszka
2024-04-22  8:20     ` Francesco Dolcini
2024-04-22  8:23       ` Francesco Dolcini
2024-04-21 23:50 ` Guenter Roeck
2024-04-22  5:36   ` Jan Kiszka [this message]

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