On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Given that, does it even make sense to stop the watchdog in the remove >> function ? >> Should it even be permitted ? > > From an API point of view: if WDIOF_MAGICCLOSE is being used then the watchdog > _SHOULD_ continue to run when the watchdog was not properly closed (which > normally also results in a reboot of the system). Btw, some systems may require watchdog to be run in order to perform reboot. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
