linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Add the word 'Warning' in check_nmi

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Date:	Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:19:53 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add the word 'Warning' in check_nmi_watchdog()
	output


* Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com> wrote:

> Our automated test suite looks for keywords like error, fail, warning 
> in the boot log.  In the case when the nmi watchdog is determined to 
> be stuck in check_nmi_watchdog(), none of those keywords are 
> displayed.
> 
> This patch adds a keyword, 'Warning, so it makes it easier to notice 
> when the nmi watchdog isn't working correctly.
> 
> No technical changes have been made.  Compiler tested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Don Zckus <dzickus@...hat.com>

thanks, i've picked this up into the x86 tree for .24 merge.

	Ingo
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