Re: Unimplemented function KERNEL32.dll.FindFirstVolumeW

i`ve tracked this down to a watchdog issue.

whenever i do "cat /dev/watchdog" - my system reboots after ~1 minute.

i`ve contacted the maintainer of the watchdog subsystem.

looks like a bug to me.

thanks
roland
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: "Hans Leidekker" 
> Gesendet: 19.11.07 21:59:29
> An: [e-mail]
> Betreff: Re: Unimplemented function KERNEL32.dll.FindFirstVolumeW
> On Monday 19 November 2007 21:39:16 [e-mail] wrote:
> > i retried with ordinary account and the crash didn`t happen there.
> > anyway - should i expect such problems with root ?
>
> Well, a reboot is not expected but it can certainly happen. If your
> app is leaking file descriptors for example, given that there are no
> limits for root, it will bring your system to a halt.
>
> -Hans

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Unimplemented function KERNEL32.dll.FindFirstVolumeW

[Pavel Troller]

> i`ve tracked this down to a watchdog issue.
>
> whenever i do "cat /dev/watchdog" - my system reboots after ~1 minute.
>
> i`ve contacted the maintainer of the watchdog subsystem.
>
> looks like a bug to me.
>
> thanks
> roland

Hi!
  I think it's not a bug, it's a normal behaviour.
  The kernel watchdog is normally not active when the machine is booted,
waiting for an user-space daemon to start handling of /dev/watchdog file
(opening it and manipulating it from time to time to show that it's still
alive). When you cat the file, kernel recognizes it as that such an app
is taking over control of the watchdog and starts it. However, because
cat closes the file immediately, it is not handled anymore and kernel
recognizes it as a userspace problem, thus rebooting the machine after
the timeout expires.
  With regards, Pavel Troller