From b66a2356d7108a15b8b5c9b8e6213e05ead22cd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: anish kumar Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:44:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 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 [small text cleanups] Signed-off-by: Don Zickus 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 --- kernel/watchdog.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.20.1