From: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
uobergfe@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] watchdog: internally split softlockup and hardlockup
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:25:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141217212510.GN35311@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1415118024-194247-1-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com>
Hi Andrew,
Poke. What can I do to move this patch forward?
Cheers,
Don
On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 11:20:15AM -0500, Don Zickus wrote:
> The hardlockup and softockup had always been tied together. Due to the request
> of KVM folks, they had a need to have one enabled but not the other.
> Internally rework the code to split things apart more cleanly.
>
> There is a bunch of churn here, but the end result should be code that should
> be easier to maintain and fix without knowing the internals of what is going
> on.
>
> Tested by Uli and myself.
>
> Ulrich Obergfell (9):
> watchdog: new definitions and variables, initialization
> watchdog: introduce the proc_watchdog_update() function
> watchdog: move definition of 'watchdog_proc_mutex' outside of
> proc_dowatchdog()
> watchdog: introduce the proc_watchdog_common() function
> watchdog: introduce separate handlers for parameters in
> /proc/sys/kernel
> watchdog: implement error handling for failure to set up hardware
> perf events
> watchdog: enable the new user interface of the watchdog mechanism
> watchdog: clean up some function names and arguments
> watchdog: introduce the hardlockup_detector_disable() function
>
> arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/nmi.h | 21 ++--
> kernel/sysctl.c | 35 +++++--
> kernel/watchdog.c | 277 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 4 files changed, 240 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-17 21:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-04 16:20 [PATCH 0/9] watchdog: internally split softlockup and hardlockup Don Zickus
2014-11-04 16:20 ` [PATCH 1/9] watchdog: new definitions and variables, initialization Don Zickus
2014-11-04 16:20 ` [PATCH 2/9] watchdog: introduce the proc_watchdog_update() function Don Zickus
2014-11-04 16:20 ` [PATCH 3/9] watchdog: move definition of 'watchdog_proc_mutex' outside of proc_dowatchdog() Don Zickus
2014-11-04 16:20 ` [PATCH 4/9] watchdog: introduce the proc_watchdog_common() function Don Zickus
2014-11-04 16:20 ` [PATCH 5/9] watchdog: introduce separate handlers for parameters in /proc/sys/kernel Don Zickus
2014-11-04 16:20 ` [PATCH 6/9] watchdog: implement error handling for failure to set up hardware perf events Don Zickus
2014-11-04 16:20 ` [PATCH 7/9] watchdog: enable the new user interface of the watchdog mechanism Don Zickus
2014-11-04 16:20 ` [PATCH 8/9] watchdog: clean up some function names and arguments Don Zickus
2014-11-04 16:20 ` [PATCH 9/9] watchdog: introduce the hardlockup_detector_disable() function Don Zickus
2014-12-17 21:25 ` Don Zickus [this message]
2015-01-21 14:15 ` [PATCH 0/9] watchdog: internally split softlockup and hardlockup Don Zickus
2015-01-21 22:23 ` Andrew Morton
2015-02-05 20:40 Don Zickus
2015-02-05 23:22 ` Andrew Morton
2015-02-06 14:12 ` Don Zickus
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