linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 09/14] watchdog/hardlockup: Make arch_touch_nmi

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Message-ID: <20190409020530.GA7197@ranerica-svr.sc.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 8 Apr 2019 19:05:30 -0700
From:   Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 09/14] watchdog/hardlockup: Make
 arch_touch_nmi_watchdog() to hpet-based implementation

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 10:20:41PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2019, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > -#if defined(CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF)
> > > > +#if defined(CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF) || \
> > > > +    defined(CONFIG_X86_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_HPET)
> > > 
> > > Why not instead make CONFIG_X86_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_HPET select
> > > CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF?  Keep the arch-specific details
> > > in the arch-specific files and all that.
> > 
> > Thanks for your feedback, Paul! The HPET implementation does not use
> > perf. Thus, in my opinion is not correct for the HPET HLD to select
> > the perf implementation. Patch 8 of this series splits the perf-specific
> > code and the generic hardlockup detector code. Does this make sense?
> 
> That's what intermediate config symbols are for.
> 
> config HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_CORE
>        bool
> 
> And make both PERF and HPET select it.

I'll implement it in this manner.

Thanks and BR,
Ricardo