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Debug Watchdog Scheduling Issue

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Problem

Describe a time you diagnosed and resolved a watchdog-related kernel OS scheduling problem.

Explain the symptoms, evidence, hypotheses, diagnostic tools, root cause, corrective change, and how you verified the fix. Address watchdog behavior, scheduler interactions, interrupt or bottom-half latency, and the risk of masking the underlying fault.