- Why I did it
watchdogutil uses platform API watchdog instance to control/query watchdog status. In Nvidia watchdog status, it caches "armed" status in a object member "WatchdogImplBase.armed". This is not working for CLI infrastructure because each CLI will create a new watchdog instance, the status cached in previous instance will totally lose. Consider following commands:
admin@sonic:~$ sudo watchdogutil arm -s 100 =====> watchdog instance1, armed=True
Watchdog armed for 100 seconds
admin@sonic:~$ sudo watchdogutil status ======> watchdog instance2, armed=False
Status: Unarmed
admin@sonic:~$ sudo watchdogutil disarm =======> watchdog instance3, armed=False
Failed to disarm Watchdog
- How I did it
Use sysfs to query watchdog status
- How to verify it
Manual test
Unit test
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