linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] watchdog: Disallow setting watchdog

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Message-ID: <20130517130614.GF78758@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:14 -0400
From:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] watchdog: Disallow setting watchdog_thresh to -1

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:31:04AM +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> In old kernels, it's allowed to set softlockup_thresh to -1 or 0
> to disable softlockup detection. However watchdog_thresh only
> uses 0 to disable detection, and setting it to -1 just froze my
> box and nothing I can do but reboot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>

Acked-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
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