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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 17:33:55 +0200
From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 1/4] watchdog: core: add mechanism to prevent
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> > Is the intent of the proposed changes to prevent the unload of
> > a module if it was loaded with the "nowayout" parameter?
> >
> > If so, I thought the WD "nowayout" semantic was only supposed to be in =
effect
> > after /dev/watchdog was opened.  The proposed change looks like it make=
s the
> > "nowayout" semantic take effect before /dev/watchdog is opened.
>=20
> Thanks, that's IMHO a very valid point.

I agree, thanks for this input.


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