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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH] watchdog: rti-wdt: Provide set_timeout handler to make existing userspace happy
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On 22.04.24 01:50, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 01:41:43PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
>>
>> 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@siemens.com>
>
> NACK.
>
> This will need to be fixed in systemd. set_timeout is and will remain
> optional.

Err, this patch was sent in 2021, and even systemd is long fixed (since
v250).

Jan

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