linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 12/23] kernel/watchdog: Introduce a struct for NMI watchdog operations

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1806141029070.1581@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:32:00 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 12/23] kernel/watchdog: Introduce a struct for NMI
 watchdog operations

On Thu, 14 Jun 2018, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:31:17 -0700
> > I could look into creating the library for
> > common code and relocate the hpet watchdog into arch/x86 for the hpet-
> > specific parts.
> 
> If you can investigate that approach, that would be appreciated. I hope
> I did not misunderstand you there, Thomas.

I'm not against cleanups and consolidation, quite the contrary.

But this stuff just adds new infrastructure w/o showing that it's actually
a cleanup and consolidation.

Thanks,

	tglx