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-rw-r--r--kernel/watchdog.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 51c4f34d258e..ced7d0609931 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -520,13 +520,15 @@ int proc_dowatchdog(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
int err, old_thresh, old_enabled;
+ static DEFINE_MUTEX(watchdog_proc_mutex);
+ mutex_lock(&watchdog_proc_mutex);
old_thresh = ACCESS_ONCE(watchdog_thresh);
old_enabled = ACCESS_ONCE(watchdog_user_enabled);
err = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
if (err || !write)
- return err;
+ goto out;
set_sample_period();
/*
@@ -544,7 +546,8 @@ int proc_dowatchdog(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
watchdog_thresh = old_thresh;
watchdog_user_enabled = old_enabled;
}
-
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(&watchdog_proc_mutex);
return err;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */