linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf, x86: Add hw_watchdog_set_attr() in a sake of nmi-watchdog on P4

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Message-ID: <20110628154422.GG1159@sun>
Date:	Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:44:22 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf, x86: Add hw_watchdog_set_attr() in a sake of
 nmi-watchdog on P4

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:37:31AM -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 07:28:27PM +0400, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 05:24:36PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> > ...
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, not the _best_ place. Not sure too where to put it, patches are welcome ;)
> > > >
> > > No matter what, this file has to remain in a file that's common to all arch.
> > 
> > well, hard to say, Stephane, nmi-watchdog is x86 specific as far as I know.
> 
> No, other arches have similar mechanisms.  Actually I think sparc
> copied-n-pasted an old implementation of the nmi_watchdog on x86.

Mind to point me where it lives?

> 
> It is just all we hear about is the watchdog on x86.
> 
> Cheers,
> Don

	Cyrill
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