linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] kernel/watchdog: Fix watchdog_allowed

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Date:   Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:15:16 +0100
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@...six.org>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        bala24@...ux.ibm.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] kernel/watchdog: Fix watchdog_allowed_mask not
 used warning

On Tue 2020-11-03 10:55:11, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> 
> 
> Le 03/11/2020 à 10:32, Santosh Sivaraj a écrit :
> > Define watchdog_allowed_mask only when SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR is enabled.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@...six.org>
> 
> I think maybe you should add a Fixes: tag (Towards https://github.com/linuxppc/linux/commit/7feeb9cd ?)
> 
> And copy Thomas (tglx)

And also Andrew that usually take patches in this area.

Finally, you should add my Reviewed-by that I provided for the first
resend. Sigh, I have missed that the important people were not in CC.

Best Regards,
Petr

> Christophe
> 
> > ---
> > 
> > Original patch is here:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190807014417.9418-1-santosh@fossix.org/
> > 
> > A similar patch was also sent by Balamuruhan and reviewed by Petr.
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/8/20/1030
> > 
> >   kernel/watchdog.c | 4 ++--
> >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
> > index 5abb5b22ad13..71109065bd8e 100644
> > --- a/kernel/watchdog.c
> > +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
> > @@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ int __read_mostly soft_watchdog_user_enabled = 1;
> >   int __read_mostly watchdog_thresh = 10;
> >   static int __read_mostly nmi_watchdog_available;
> > -static struct cpumask watchdog_allowed_mask __read_mostly;
> > -
> >   struct cpumask watchdog_cpumask __read_mostly;
> >   unsigned long *watchdog_cpumask_bits = cpumask_bits(&watchdog_cpumask);
> > @@ -162,6 +160,8 @@ static void lockup_detector_update_enable(void)
> >   int __read_mostly sysctl_softlockup_all_cpu_backtrace;
> >   #endif
> > +static struct cpumask watchdog_allowed_mask __read_mostly;
> > +
> >   /* Global variables, exported for sysctl */
> >   unsigned int __read_mostly softlockup_panic =
> >   			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE;
> >