linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] [RFC] nmi_watchdog: config option to enable new nmi

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Message-ID: <1264690494.4283.2103.camel@laptop>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:54:54 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, gorcunov@...il.com, aris@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] [RFC] nmi_watchdog: config option to enable new
 nmi_watchdog

On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 15:03 -0500, Don Zickus wrote:
> These are the bits that enable the new nmi_watchdog and safely isolate the
> old nmi_watchdog.  Only one or the other can run, not both at the same
> time.

perf disables the lapic watchdog when it wants the pmu, so there
shouldn't be a problem having both built in.

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