* [PATCH v3] watchdog: Fix a watchdog crash in some configurations
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@ 2015-05-05 20:20 ` john.hubbard
2015-05-05 20:42 ` John Hubbard
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From: john.hubbard @ 2015-05-05 20:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: Stephen Rothwell, linux-next, mm-commits, John Hubbard
From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia•com>
Commit <8fcf2cc768acd845c> in linux-next
introduced a regression in some configurations. Specifically,
with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL set, and CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL *not* set,
the kernel will crash in lockup_detector_init(), due to a
NULL tick_nohz_full_mask pointer.
This is because the above commit uses tick_nohz_full_mask
(in lockup_detector_init), if CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL is set, but
tick_nohz_full_mask only gets allocated if either:
a) CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL_ALL is set, or
b) Someone passes in nohz_full=<any_value> on the boot
args line.
To correct this, change lockup_detector_init so that it does
a runtime check instead of the ifdef check. This fix is
simpler than my original proposed fix, thanks to Chris Metcalf
for that.
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia•com>
---
kernel/watchdog.c | 15 +++++++--------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 40fda2f..e8caf09 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -920,14 +920,13 @@ void __init lockup_detector_init(void)
{
set_sample_period();
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
- if (!cpumask_empty(tick_nohz_full_mask))
- pr_info("Disabling watchdog on nohz_full cores by default\n");
- cpumask_andnot(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask,
- tick_nohz_full_mask);
-#else
- cpumask_copy(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
-#endif
+ if (tick_nohz_full_enabled()) {
+ if (!cpumask_empty(tick_nohz_full_mask))
+ pr_info("Disabling watchdog on nohz_full cores by default\n");
+ cpumask_andnot(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask,
+ tick_nohz_full_mask);
+ } else
+ cpumask_copy(&watchdog_cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
if (watchdog_enabled)
watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
--
2.3.7
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