linux-kernel - [tip:core/urgent] watchdog: Fix CPU hotplug regression

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Date:	Tue, 4 Dec 2012 11:10:57 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, joseph.salisbury@...onical.com,
	nwarmuth@...nline.de
Subject: [tip:core/urgent] watchdog: Fix CPU hotplug regression

Commit-ID:  8d4516904b39507458bee8115793528e12b1d8dd
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8d4516904b39507458bee8115793528e12b1d8dd
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 18:59:34 +0100
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:56:59 +0100

watchdog: Fix CPU hotplug regression

Norbert reported:
"3.7-rc6 booted with nmi_watchdog=0 fails to suspend to RAM or
 offline CPUs. It's reproducable with a KVM guest and physical
 system."

The reason is that commit bcd951cf(watchdog: Use hotplug thread
infrastructure) missed to take this into account. So the cpu offline
code gets stuck in the teardown function because it accesses non
initialized data structures.

Add a check for watchdog_enabled into that path to cure the issue.

Reported-and-tested-by: Norbert Warmuth <nwarmuth@...nline.de>
Tested-by: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@...onical.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LFD.2.02.1211231033230.2701@ionos
Link: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079534
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/watchdog.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index dd4b80a..c8c21be 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -368,6 +368,9 @@ static void watchdog_disable(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct hrtimer *hrtimer = &__raw_get_cpu_var(watchdog_hrtimer);
 
+	if (!watchdog_enabled)
+		return;
+
 	watchdog_set_prio(SCHED_NORMAL, 0);
 	hrtimer_cancel(hrtimer);
 	/* disable the perf event */
--
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