linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] watchdog: Split up config options

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Message-ID: <20170615155122.exwji7lkurfjvmzn@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:51:22 -0400
From:   Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
To:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc:     Babu Moger <babu.moger@...cle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] watchdog: Split up config options

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 01:04:01PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
> >   /* boot commands */
> >   /*
> >    * Should we panic when a soft-lockup or hard-lockup occurs:
> > @@ -69,9 +73,6 @@ static int __init hardlockup_panic_setup(char *str)
> >          return 1;
> >   }
> >   __setup("nmi_watchdog=", hardlockup_panic_setup);
> > -
> > -#else
> > -unsigned long __read_mostly watchdog_enabled = SOFT_WATCHDOG_ENABLED;
> >   #endif
> > 
> >   #ifdef CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR
> 
> Hmm, I guess I missed this because sparc parses nmi_watchdog=, but it
> also relies on the watchdog_enabled value.
> 
> I guess I can fold your incremental patch in. I hope we could get
> sparc quickly to adopt the complate HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_ARCH soon
> afterwards though, so we only have 2 cases -- complete hardlockup
> detector, or the very bare minimum NMI_WATCHDOG.

Hi Nick,

I agree.  Let's move forward with this temp fix just to get things in the
kernel for initial testing.  Then follow up with a cleanup patch.  The idea
is we can always revert the cleanup patch if things still don't quite work.

Thoughts?

Cheers,
Don