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

[Francesco Dolcini]

Il 22 aprile 2024 10:20:07 CEST, Francesco Dolcini <francesco@xxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
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>Il 22 aprile 2024 07:35:52 CEST, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
>>On 21.04.24 10:49, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
>>> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 01:41:43PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>>> From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>> Are you aware of this patch https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240417205700.3947408-1-jm@xxxxxx/ ?
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>>Thanks for the heads-up, we will surely try to test things on our setups
>>as well. But commenting on this dead and not directly related thread may
>>have caused some confusion...
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>I was too terse.

And I did not realize your patch was from 2021. Sorry for the confusion.


Francesco