linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] watchdog: internally split softlockup and hardlockup

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Date:	Thu, 5 Feb 2015 15:22:30 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] watchdog: internally split softlockup and
 hardlockup

On Thu,  5 Feb 2015 15:40:16 -0500 Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com> wrote:

> The hardlockup and softockup had always been tied together.  Due to the request
> of KVM folks, they had a need to have one enabled but not the other.
> Internally rework the code to split things apart more cleanly.
> 
> There is a bunch of churn here, but the end result should be code that should
> be easier to maintain and fix without knowing the internals of what is going
> on.

We're late in -rc7, which is not a good time for "a bunch of churn". 
So I'll park this series for consideration after 3.19 has been
released.  I'll let you know if it has seriously bitrotted by then.


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