Re: [RFC][PATCH] watchdog: rti-wdt: Provide set_timeout handler to make existing userspace happy

From: Francesco Dolcini
Date: Sun Apr 21 2024 - 04:49:39 EST


Hello Jan,

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 01:41:43PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Are you aware of this patch https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240417205700.3947408-1-jm@xxxxxx/ ?

Francesco