linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 2/9] watchdog: Use housekeeping

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Message-Id: <1500643290-25842-3-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:21:23 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 2/9] watchdog: Use housekeeping_cpumask() instead of ad-hoc version

While trying to disable the watchog on nohz_full CPUs, the watchdog
implements an ad-hoc version of housekeeping_cpumask(). Lets replace
those re-invented lines.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/watchdog.c | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 7a9df162..cdd0d11 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -941,15 +941,10 @@ void __init lockup_detector_init(void)
 {
 	set_sample_period();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
-	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled()) {
+	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		pr_info("Disabling watchdog on nohz_full cores by default\n");
-		cpumask_copy(&watchdog_cpumask, housekeeping_mask);
-	} else
-		cpumask_copy(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
-#else
-	cpumask_copy(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
-#endif
+
+	cpumask_copy(&watchdog_cpumask, housekeeping_cpumask());
 
 	if (watchdog_enabled)
 		watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
-- 
2.7.4