Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:58:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Sean Kelly <smkelly@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/rc.d Makefile watchdogd src/share/man/man4 Makefile watchdog.4 src/sys/conf NOTES options src/sys/kern kern_clock.c src/usr.sbin Make Message-ID: <20030626105440.G75012@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20030626095100.1332F37B404@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20030626095100.1332F37B404@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Sean Kelly wrote: > Log: > - Add a software watchdog facility. > > This commit has two pieces. One half is the watchdog kernel code which lives > primarily in hardclock() in sys/kern/kern_clock.c. The other half is a userland > daemon which, when run, will keep the watchdog from firing while the userland > is intact and functioning. > > Approved by: jeff (mentor) Looks interesting. Could you make the reset delay a sysctl? Then the user daemon could read the kernel's delay setting and adjust its poke routine accordingly. Right now the sleep is hardcoded at 1 sec. Maybe debug.watchdog.reset and debug.watchdog.deadline or something. -Nate
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