Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750738AbVIJKJI (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Sep 2005 06:09:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750736AbVIJKJI (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Sep 2005 06:09:08 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:47753 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750738AbVIJKJG (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Sep 2005 06:09:06 -0400 Subject: Re: [WATCHDOG] v2.6.13 watchdog-patches From: Arjan van de Ven To: Wim Van Sebroeck Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>, "P @ Draig Brady" , Ben Dooks , Dimitry Andric , Olaf Hering , Deepak Saxena , Christer Weinigel In-Reply-To: <20050906214102.GQ19487@infomag.infomag.iguana.be> References: <20050903200443.GO19487@infomag.infomag.iguana.be> <1125778302.3223.29.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20050906214102.GQ19487@infomag.infomag.iguana.be> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:08:56 +0200 Message-Id: <1126346936.3222.136.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 4.0 (++++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (4.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.1 SUBJ_HAS_UNIQ_ID Subject contains a unique ID 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 2.8 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 517 Lines: 14 > However, the goal is to make sure that the "watchdog" stays running and > watches the system and that it in case of abnormal behaviour reboots the system. > And you can't get that if you delete the timer. if you want that (as sysadmin) then don't unload the module! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/