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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/util/watchdog.lua	Fri Oct 21 17:12:45 2011 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+local timer = require "util.timer";
+local setmetatable = setmetatable;
+local os_time = os.time;
+
+module "watchdog"
+
+local watchdog_methods = {};
+local watchdog_mt = { __index = watchdog_methods };
+
+function new(timeout, callback)
+	local watchdog = setmetatable({ timeout = timeout, last_reset = os_time(), callback = callback }, watchdog_mt);
+	timer.add_task(timeout+1, function (current_time)
+		local last_reset = watchdog.last_reset;
+		if not last_reset then
+			return;
+		end
+		local time_left = (last_reset + timeout) - current_time;
+		if time_left < 0 then
+			return watchdog.callback();
+		end
+		return time_left + 1;
+	end);
+	return watchdog;
+end
+
+function watchdog_methods:reset()
+	self.last_reset = os_time();
+end
+
+function watchdog_methods:cancel()
+	self.last_reset = nil;
+end
+
+return _M;