From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
To: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 22/23] watchdog/hardlockup/hpet: Only enable the HPET watchdog via a boot parameter
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 20:30:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2cde62b1-5218-0169-4f9d-1139f83a25c1@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180614005839.GA22358@voyager>
On 06/13/2018 05:58 PM, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 10:26:57PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 06/12/2018 05:57 PM, Ricardo Neri wrote:
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>>> index f2040d4..a8833c7 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>>> @@ -2577,7 +2577,7 @@
>>> Format: [state][,regs][,debounce][,die]
>>>
>>> nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=X86] Debugging features for SMP kernels
>>> - Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num]
>>> + Format: [panic,][nopanic,][num,][hpet]
>>> Valid num: 0 or 1
>>> 0 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog off
>>> 1 - turn hardlockup detector in nmi_watchdog on
>>
>> This says that I can use "nmi_watchdog=hpet" without using 0 or 1.
>> Is that correct?
>
> Yes, this what I meant. In my view, if you set nmi_watchdog=hpet it
> implies that you want to activate the NMI watchdog. In this case, perf.
>
> I can see how this will be ambiguous for the case of perf and arch NMI
> watchdogs.
>
> Alternative, a new parameter could be added; such as nmi_watchdog_type. I
> didn't want to add it in this patchset as I think that a single parameter
> can handle the enablement and type of the NMI watchdog.
>
> What do you think?
I think it's OK like it is.
thanks,
--
~Randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-14 3:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-13 0:57 [RFC PATCH 00/23] Implement an HPET-based hardlockup detector Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 01/23] x86/apic: Add a parameter for the APIC delivery mode Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 02/23] genirq: Introduce IRQD_DELIVER_AS_NMI Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 03/23] genirq: Introduce IRQF_DELIVER_AS_NMI Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 8:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-13 8:59 ` Julien Thierry
2018-06-13 9:20 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-13 9:36 ` Julien Thierry
2018-06-13 9:49 ` Julien Thierry
2018-06-13 9:57 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-13 10:25 ` Julien Thierry
2018-06-13 10:06 ` Marc Zyngier
2018-06-15 2:12 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-15 8:01 ` Julien Thierry
2018-06-16 0:39 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-16 13:36 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 04/23] iommu/vt-d/irq_remapping: Add support for IRQCHIP_CAN_DELIVER_AS_NMI Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 05/23] x86/msi: " Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 06/23] x86/ioapic: Add support for IRQCHIP_CAN_DELIVER_AS_NMI with interrupt remapping Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 07/23] x86/hpet: Expose more functions to read and write registers Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 08/23] x86/hpet: Calculate ticks-per-second in a separate function Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 09/23] x86/hpet: Reserve timer for the HPET hardlockup detector Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 10/23] x86/hpet: Relocate flag definitions to a header file Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 11/23] x86/hpet: Configure the timer used by the hardlockup detector Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 12/23] kernel/watchdog: Introduce a struct for NMI watchdog operations Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 7:41 ` Nicholas Piggin
2018-06-13 8:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-13 9:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-13 11:52 ` Nicholas Piggin
2018-06-14 1:31 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-14 2:32 ` Nicholas Piggin
2018-06-14 8:32 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-15 2:21 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-14 1:26 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 13/23] watchdog/hardlockup: Define a generic function to detect hardlockups Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 14/23] watchdog/hardlockup: Decouple the hardlockup detector from perf Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 8:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-14 1:19 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-14 1:41 ` Nicholas Piggin
2018-06-15 2:23 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 15/23] kernel/watchdog: Add a function to obtain the watchdog_allowed_mask Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 16/23] watchdog/hardlockup: Add an HPET-based hardlockup detector Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 5:23 ` Randy Dunlap
2018-06-14 1:00 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 17/23] watchdog/hardlockup/hpet: Convert the timer's interrupt to NMI Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 9:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-15 2:07 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 9:40 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-15 2:03 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-15 9:19 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-16 0:51 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-16 13:24 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-20 0:15 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-20 0:25 ` Randy Dunlap
2018-06-21 0:25 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-20 7:47 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 18/23] watchdog/hardlockup/hpet: Add the NMI watchdog operations Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 19/23] watchdog/hardlockup: Make arch_touch_nmi_watchdog() to hpet-based implementation Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 20/23] watchdog/hardlockup/hpet: Rotate interrupt among all monitored CPUs Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 9:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-15 2:16 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-15 10:29 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-16 0:46 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-16 13:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 21/23] watchdog/hardlockup/hpet: Adjust timer expiration on the number of " Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 22/23] watchdog/hardlockup/hpet: Only enable the HPET watchdog via a boot parameter Ricardo Neri
2018-06-13 5:26 ` Randy Dunlap
2018-06-14 0:58 ` Ricardo Neri
2018-06-14 3:30 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2018-06-13 0:57 ` [RFC PATCH 23/23] watchdog/hardlockup: Activate the HPET-based lockup detector Ricardo Neri
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