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authorWang Qing <wangqing@vivo.com>2021-06-29 05:34:17 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-06-29 20:53:46 +0300
commitb124ac45bda0338f2aa3969e7c135139267f8987 (patch)
tree73bf7cc886665c5feda077e77bf0b75cc05fea9d /kernel
parent7ed6d4e418d98e78c9f2b895d76cdaed7a7ccbdb (diff)
downloadlinux-b124ac45bda0338f2aa3969e7c135139267f8987.tar.xz
kernel: watchdog: modify the explanation related to watchdog thread
The watchdog thread has been replaced by cpu_stop_work, modify the explanation related. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1619687073-24686-2-git-send-email-wangqing@vivo.com Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <wangqing@vivo.com> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Cc: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@canonical.com> Cc: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@arm.com> Cc: Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@fossix.org> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/watchdog.c12
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 92d3bcc5a5e0..ad912511a0c0 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ __setup("nmi_watchdog=", hardlockup_panic_setup);
* own hardlockup detector.
*
* watchdog_nmi_enable/disable can be implemented to start and stop when
- * softlockup watchdog threads start and stop. The arch must select the
+ * softlockup watchdog start and stop. The arch must select the
* SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR Kconfig.
*/
int __weak watchdog_nmi_enable(unsigned int cpu)
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct completion, softlockup_completion);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_stop_work, softlockup_stop_work);
/*
- * The watchdog thread function - touches the timestamp.
+ * The watchdog feed function - touches the timestamp.
*
* It only runs once every sample_period seconds (4 seconds by
* default) to reset the softlockup timestamp. If this gets delayed
@@ -558,11 +558,7 @@ static void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
}
/*
- * Create the watchdog thread infrastructure and configure the detector(s).
- *
- * The threads are not unparked as watchdog_allowed_mask is empty. When
- * the threads are successfully initialized, take the proper locks and
- * unpark the threads in the watchdog_cpumask if the watchdog is enabled.
+ * Create the watchdog infrastructure and configure the detector(s).
*/
static __init void lockup_detector_setup(void)
{
@@ -628,7 +624,7 @@ void lockup_detector_soft_poweroff(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-/* Propagate any changes to the watchdog threads */
+/* Propagate any changes to the watchdog infrastructure */
static void proc_watchdog_update(void)
{
/* Remove impossible cpus to keep sysctl output clean. */