Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:59:44 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/145183: [watchdogd] it should be possible to not deactivate watchdog timer on shutdown Message-ID: <20100329225944.77770B84B@hades.panopticon> Resent-Message-ID: <201003292310.o2TNA1xv078367@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 145183 >Category: bin >Synopsis: [watchdogd] it should be possible to not deactivate watchdog timer on shutdown >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 29 23:10:00 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dmitry Marakasov >Release: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD hades.panopticon 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Nov 24 22:31:59 MSK 2009 root@hades.panopticon:/async/obj/usr/src/sys/HADES i386 >Description: Watchdogd ensures that the system is rebooted if something bad happens, such as hard lockup. However, the demon is killed on shutdown, which deactivates watchdog timer, while the system can freeze somewhere during shutdown sequence (I've just witnessed that). While it will probably be unsafe to just remove shutdown KEYWORD from /etc/rc.d/watchdogd (because system may require much time to write dumps etc.), it's absolutely needed to leave that option for the administrator. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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