The Linux WatchDog Timer Power Management Guide

Last reviewed: 17-Dec-2018

Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>

Introduction

This document states rules about watchdog devices and their power managementhandling to ensure a uniform behaviour for Linux systems.

Ping on resume

On resume, a watchdog timer shall be reset to its selected value to giveuserspace enough time to resume. [1] [2]

[1]https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10252209/

[2]https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10711625/