Re: emulating wdticklerd
Re: emulating wdticklerd
- Subject: Re: emulating wdticklerd
- From: Giuliano Gavazzi <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:27:39 +0100
I forgot to say: in the original version there was no userland
process. The watchdog task, i.e. the one that resets the reboot
timer, was in the KEXT too. The watchdog task would simply reset the
reboot task timer and then reset its own timer. The only problem is
that before resetting the reboot timer it had to call something that
might block, and I do not think this is acceptable in a KEXT (would
that not bring the whole system to a halt?).
This is unfortunate for two reasons: it is more complex coding, and,
above all, it is less secure. Anyone can call and set the reboot
timer from userland... I will have to add some shared secret.
g
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