[systemd-devel] Watchdog timeout signals

Mon Nov 24 08:58:27 PST 2014

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 5:39 PM, D.S. Ljungmark <spider at aanstoot.se> wrote:
> Hi,
>  We're pondering to use the WatchdogSec=.. function, but wanted to know
> what signal (if any) are sent to the application before termination.
>
> Main reason is that we want to get a proper stacktrace of the daemon if
> it is killed for some reason.
>

You will be glad to hear this (depending on your version):
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/tree/NEWS#n189