From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Laszlo Ersek Subject: domain pause vs. watchdog timer Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:41:19 +0200 Message-ID: <4E96EA7F.5050309@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Hi, if a domain is paused (= not scheduled), its process that keeps otherwise kicking /dev/watchdog and (thusly the hypervisor) "freezes" too. Should pausing a domain suspend (or "inactivate") its watchdog_timers? (I believe this must have been considered and the answer is "you shouldn't do that", but a confirmation/refutation would be nice.) Thanks L.