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Re: Stopping watchdog in watchdog driver remove functions

From Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: Stopping watchdog in watchdog driver remove functions
Date 2017-01-01 16:30 +0100
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On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> wrote:

>> Given that, does it even make sense to stop the watchdog in the remove
>> function ?
>> Should it even be permitted ?
>
> From an API point of view: if WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE is being used then the watchdog
> _SHOULD_ continue to run when the watchdog was not properly closed (which
> normally also results in a reboot of the system).

Btw, some systems may require watchdog to be run in order to perform reboot.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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Stopping watchdog in watchdog driver remove functions Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-12-31 20:50 +0100
  Re: Stopping watchdog in watchdog driver remove functions Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be> - 2017-01-01 12:20 +0100
    Re: Stopping watchdog in watchdog driver remove functions Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> - 2017-01-01 16:30 +0100
    Re: Stopping watchdog in watchdog driver remove functions Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2017-01-01 18:00 +0100

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