2011-12-02 13:34:01

by Daniel Walsh

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Subject: [refpolicy] New wdmd policy for refpolicy contrib.

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Man wdmd


WDMD(8)

NAME
wdmd - watchdog multiplexing daemon

SYNOPSIS
wdmd [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
This daemon opens /dev/watchdog and allows multiple independent
sources
to detmermine whether each KEEPALIVE is done. Every test
interval (10
seconds), the daemon tests each source. If any test
fails, the
KEEPALIVE is not done. In a standard configuration, the
watchdog timer
will reset the system if no KEEPALIVE is done for 60
seconds ("fire
timeout"). This means that if single test fails 5-6 times in
row, the
watchdog will fire and reset the system. With multiple test
sources,
fewer separate failures back to back can also cause a reset, e.g.
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2012-01-05 18:30:37

by sven.vermeulen

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Subject: [refpolicy] New wdmd policy for refpolicy contrib.

On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 08:34:01AM -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> wdmd - watchdog multiplexing daemon
[...]

Looks sane.

Acked-by: Sven Vermeulen <[email protected]>