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authoranish kumar <anish198519851985@gmail.com>2013-03-12 14:44:08 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2013-03-14 08:24:05 +0100
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watchdog: Add comments to explain the watchdog_disabled variable
The watchdog_disabled flag is a bit cryptic. However it's usefulness is multifold. Uses are: 1. Check if smpboot_register_percpu_thread function passed. 2. Makes sure that user enables and disables the watchdog in sequence i.e. enable watchdog->disable watchdog->enable watchdog Unlike enable watchdog->enable watchdog which is wrong. Signed-off-by: anish kumar <anish198519851985@gmail.com> [small text cleanups] Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Cc: chuansheng.liu@intel.com Cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1363113848-18344-1-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 4a944676358e..05039e348f07 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -517,6 +517,11 @@ int proc_dowatchdog(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
return ret;
set_sample_period();
+ /*
+ * Watchdog threads shouldn't be enabled if they are
+ * disabled. The 'watchdog_disabled' variable check in
+ * watchdog_*_all_cpus() function takes care of this.
+ */
if (watchdog_enabled && watchdog_thresh)
watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
else