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[184.96.189.144]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d75a77b69052e-53032ff0dedsm6123891cf.6.2026.09.01.14.44.30 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:44:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <0004d70b06f8f48215a211b4b49384a0c3e06a3e.camel@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Differentiate scenarios when watchdog is closed From: "chaithco@redhat.com" To: Guenter Roeck Cc: wim@linux-watchdog.org, linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:44:28 -0600 In-Reply-To: <67f191de-fb07-4d2b-aeeb-9bd6514a0068@roeck-us.net> References: <20260824205051.4117285-2-chaithco@redhat.com> <2bd566ca-2696-46d3-aeec-57db66fa1902@roeck-us.net> <93d22742-bf3e-4e69-aed5-27137d8f49bf@roeck-us.net> <67f191de-fb07-4d2b-aeeb-9bd6514a0068@roeck-us.net> Autocrypt: addr=chaithco@redhat.com; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata=mDMEapCVehYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAORXHCioh8sg4JScf3G8JrmX1nUt+teTWsqlbk67dr va0NkNoYXJsZXMgSGFpdGhjb2NrIChXb3JrIEdQRyBLZXkpIDxjaGFpdGhjb0ByZWRoYXQuY29tPo iTBBMWCgA7FiEEoln/+dhdP2hiiZGQ86/NNaAhFjYFAmqQlXoCGwMFCwkIBwICIgIGFQoJCAsCBBY CAwECHgcCF4AACgkQ86/NNaAhFjbm1gEA9t0Iaxr6IkGONOjD7eB10PjTYyDGVd4QdJYPohP8xRsA /0OETJIGSr5rxRqG23AGUdlnUfzFlgm3QuyfNpGHcv0C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-plCQsqOv/roT4VMgIEBv" User-Agent: Evolution 3.60.2 (3.60.2-1.fc44) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 --=-plCQsqOv/roT4VMgIEBv Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2026-09-01 at 09:06 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > I'd want to see a message even if the watchdog is closed but left > running > on purpose. The best we can do is to add another message if there was > an > error when trying to stop the watchdog. That should not happen too > often > (well, not at all, really, unless there is a bug or hardware > problem), > so it would not really add noise. Understood; I just submitted a second patch with your recommendations. Thank you again! --=-plCQsqOv/roT4VMgIEBv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEABYKAB0WIQSiWf/52F0/aGKJkZDzr801oCEWNgUCapdHPAAKCRDzr801oCEW Nl8wAQDacccqHFMHxWnPqQGINQJicYgqTzMVbzdYZJnj/GmEjQEAgZ6WPay82xhx SfLba8EhWQREVRDhT7prYNtGfGGp7AU= =eWZy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-plCQsqOv/roT4VMgIEBv--