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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/watchdogd/watchdogd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/watchdogd/watchdogd.8 | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/watchdogd/watchdogd.8 b/usr.sbin/watchdogd/watchdogd.8 index df87a96..5f4b68a 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/watchdogd/watchdogd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/watchdogd/watchdogd.8 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 18, 2014 +.Dd May 11, 2015 .Dt WATCHDOGD 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ .Op Fl s Ar sleep .Op Fl t Ar timeout .Op Fl T Ar script_timeout +.Op Fl x Ar exit_timeout .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -103,14 +104,25 @@ defaults to the value specified by the .Fl s Ar sleep option. .Pp +The +.Fl x Ar exit_timeout +argument is the timeout period (in seconds) to leave in effect when the +program exits. +Using +.Fl x +with a non-zero value protects against lockup during a reboot by +triggering a hardware reset if the software reboot doesn't complete +before the given timeout expires. +.Pp Upon receiving the .Dv SIGTERM or .Dv SIGINT signals, .Nm -will first instruct the kernel to no longer perform watchdog checks and then -will terminate. +will terminate, after first instructing the kernel to either disable the +timeout or reset it to the value given by +.Fl x Ar exit_timeout . .Pp The .Nm |
