Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759655AbYGaWTi (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:19:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755510AbYGaWT3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:19:29 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:5405 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752094AbYGaWT3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:19:29 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.31,288,1215414000"; d="scan'208";a="321934211" Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:19:24 -0700 From: Suresh Siddha To: Andi Kleen Cc: "Siddha, Suresh B" , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "torvalds@linux-foundation.org" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "arjan@linux.intel.com" , "roland@redhat.com" , "drepper@redhat.com" , "mikpe@it.uu.se" , "chrisw@sous-sol.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [patch 0/9] x86, xsave: xsave/xrstor support Message-ID: <20080731221924.GD8563@linux-os.sc.intel.com> References: <20080729172917.185593000@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <488FA318.3040905@zytor.com> <20080729232951.GB11223@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <488FAB2B.7050405@zytor.com> <20080730100326.GA9683@elte.hu> <20080730182539.GA17140@elte.hu> <20080730234102.GF11223@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <20080731212915.GH2729@elte.hu> <20080731215808.GB8563@linux-os.sc.intel.com> <20080731221435.GS23938@one.firstfloor.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080731221435.GS23938@one.firstfloor.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 810 Lines: 18 On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 03:14:35PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Kernel was enabling watchdog, with out the userspace having the > > heartbeat daemon.... > > Watchdog are normally only armed when someone opens the device > first. But thats not what I see with for ex with, w83627hf_wdt.c Its done at the module_init time. (while I thought it should be really done when some user level app opens the device, probably its poorly written to take care if the kernel panics before starting userland. but kernel can even die before the watchdog driver load aswell ;-) -- 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/