* Don Zickus wrote:
> > 2)
> >
> > The softlockup and hardlockup detection control variables
> > should be in separate flags, inside and outside the kernel
> > - they (should) not relate to each other.
>
> They did because years ago I thought we wanted to keep them
> as one entity instead of
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 08:07:35PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> * Don Zickus wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:16:44AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > >
> > > * Don Zickus wrote:
> > >
> > > > The running kernel still has the ability to enable/disable at any
> > > > time with /proc/sys/k
* Don Zickus wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:16:44AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Don Zickus wrote:
> >
> > > The running kernel still has the ability to enable/disable at any
> > > time with /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog us usual. However even
> > > when the default has been overr
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:16:44AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> * Don Zickus wrote:
>
> > The running kernel still has the ability to enable/disable at any
> > time with /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog us usual. However even
> > when the default has been overridden /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
>
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:12:39AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> * Don Zickus wrote:
>
> > From: Ulrich Obergfell
> >
> > In some cases we don't want hard lockup detection enabled by default.
> > An example is when running as a guest. Introduce
> >
> > watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector(bo
nt: Monday, August 18, 2014 11:16:44 AM
>Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] watchdog: control hard lockup detection default
>
>
> * Don Zickus wrote:
>
>> The running kernel still has the ability to enable/disable at any
>> time with /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog us usual. However even
* Don Zickus wrote:
> From: Ulrich Obergfell
>
> In some cases we don't want hard lockup detection enabled by default.
> An example is when running as a guest. Introduce
>
> watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector(bool)
So, the name watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector_enable(false)
is both to
* Don Zickus wrote:
> The running kernel still has the ability to enable/disable at any
> time with /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog us usual. However even
> when the default has been overridden /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
> will initially show '1'. To truly turn it on one must disable/enable
> i
From: Ulrich Obergfell
In some cases we don't want hard lockup detection enabled by default.
An example is when running as a guest. Introduce
watchdog_enable_hardlockup_detector(bool)
allowing those cases to disable hard lockup detection. This must be
executed early by the boot processor from
