linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Modify the explanation and documentation related to watchdog thread

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Message-ID: <YGHMpT2h4iSgIhxj@alley>
Date:   Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:48:37 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Wang Qing <wangqing@...o.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@...six.org>,
        Andrey Ignatov <rdna@...com>,
        "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...onical.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Modify the explanation and documentation related to
 watchdog thread

On Wed 2021-03-24 10:56:39, Wang Qing wrote:
> "watchdog/%u" threads has be replaced by cpu_stop_work, So we need to modify 
> the explanation and documentation related to this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <wangqing@...o.com>
> ---
>  .../admin-guide/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.rst          | 20 --------------------
>  kernel/watchdog.c                                    | 12 ++++--------

It would be nice to update also

     Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
     Documentation/admin-guide/lockup-watchdogs.rst

Anyway, the changes in this patch looks good. Feel free
to use:

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

Best Regards,
Petr