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Message-ID: <064f1230-be51-37ef-9283-69a7277fdd67@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 May 2019 17:42:28 +0800
From:   Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        paulmck@...ux.ibm.com, josh@...htriplett.org,
        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, jiangshanlai@...il.com,
        joel@...lfernandes.org, corbet@....net, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, srinivas.eeda@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] doc: kernel-parameters.txt: fix documentation of
 nmi_watchdog parameter


On 2019/5/15 3:21, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sun, 12 May 2019 11:35:27 +0800
> Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com> wrote:
>
>> The default behavior of hardlockup depends on the config of
>> CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC.
>>
>> Fix the description of nmi_watchdog to make it clear.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
>> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Perhaps it should have been:
>
>   Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
>
> As the wording is what I suggested ;-)

Sure, I should have done that. Just not familiar with which one is better.

Not clear if I should send a v3 adding Suggested-by and Acked-by?

Zhenzhong

>
> -- Steve
>
>> ---
>>   v2: fix description using words suggested by Steven Rostedt
>>
>>   Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++--
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> index 08df588..b9d4358 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> @@ -2805,8 +2805,9 @@
>>   			0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
>>   			1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
>>   			When panic is specified, panic when an NMI watchdog
>> -			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to override the opposite
>> -			default). To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
>> +			timeout occurs (or 'nopanic' to not panic on an NMI
>> +			watchdog, if CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC is set)
>> +			To disable both hard and soft lockup detectors,
>>   			please see 'nowatchdog'.
>>   			This is useful when you use a panic=... timeout and
>>   			need the box quickly up again.