Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] watchdog: add watchdog pretimeout framework

[Vladimir Zapolskiy]

Hi Wolfram, Guenter,

On 24.06.2016 16:45, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 06/24/2016 02:46 AM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 08:38:41PM +0300, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
>>> The change adds a simple watchdog pretimeout framework infrastructure,
>>> its purpose is to allow users to select a desired handling of watchdog
>>> pretimeout events, which may be generated by a watchdog driver.
>>
>> Any news? We'd really like to have it in 4.8, at least the non-sleeping
>> stuff.
>>

I continued to cut the change into smaller pieces, but then in a series
a lot of code copy-paste cases between files appear, so eventually I think
that the essential part should be submitted undivided.

> Kind of cutting it close. v4 would have to be quite clean for this to happen,
> and arrive very soon. I don't think it would be a good idea to rush this in.
> 

Unfortunately the task didn't get enough priority on my end due to
something else, anyway it is not abandoned.

Guenter, some relatively small preliminary parts from Wolfram based
on Robin's work can be included into v4.8 IMHO.

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With best wishes,
Vladimir