linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 23/23] watchdog/hardlockup: Activate the HPET-based lockup detector

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:57:43 -0700
From:   Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
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Subject: [RFC PATCH 23/23] watchdog/hardlockup: Activate the HPET-based lockup detector

Now that the implementation of the HPET-based hardlockup detector is
complete, enable it. It will be used only if it can be initialized
successfully. Otherwise, the perf-based detector will be used.

Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi.kleen@...el.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Cc: Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Cc: Christoffer Dall <cdall@...aro.org>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc: "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
---
 kernel/watchdog.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index b5ce6e4..e2cc6c0 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -149,6 +149,21 @@ int __weak __init watchdog_nmi_probe(void)
 {
 	int ret = -ENODEV;
 
+	/*
+	 * Try first with the HPET hardlockup detector. It will only
+	 * succeed if selected at build time and the nmi_watchdog
+	 * command-line parameter is configured. This ensure that the
+	 * perf-based detector is used by default, if selected at
+	 * build time.
+	 */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_HPET))
+		ret = hardlockup_detector_hpet_ops.init();
+
+	if (!ret) {
+		nmi_wd_ops = &hardlockup_detector_hpet_ops;
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF))
 		ret = hardlockup_detector_perf_ops.init();
 
-- 
2.7.4