(Note: Patch also attached because the inline version is certain to get line wrapped.) Get the x86-64 watchdog tick calculation into a state where it can also be used with nmi_hz other than 1Hz. Also do not turn on the watchdog by default (as is already done on i386). Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich diff -Npru linux-2.6.12-rc4.base/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c linux-2.6.12-rc4/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c --- linux-2.6.12-rc4.base/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c 2005-05-11 17:27:54.848855552 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc4/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c 2005-05-11 17:50:36.257889920 +0200 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static unsigned int lapic_nmi_owner; int nmi_active; /* oprofile uses this */ int panic_on_timeout; -unsigned int nmi_watchdog = NMI_DEFAULT; +unsigned int nmi_watchdog = NMI_NONE; static unsigned int nmi_hz = HZ; unsigned int nmi_perfctr_msr; /* the MSR to reset in NMI handler */ @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static void setup_k7_watchdog(void) | K7_NMI_EVENT; wrmsr(MSR_K7_EVNTSEL0, evntsel, 0); - wrmsrl(MSR_K7_PERFCTR0, -((u64)cpu_khz*1000) / nmi_hz); + wrmsrl(MSR_K7_PERFCTR0, -((u64)cpu_khz * 1000 / nmi_hz)); apic_write(APIC_LVTPC, APIC_DM_NMI); evntsel |= K7_EVNTSEL_ENABLE; wrmsr(MSR_K7_EVNTSEL0, evntsel, 0); @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ void nmi_watchdog_tick (struct pt_regs * alert_counter[cpu] = 0; } if (nmi_perfctr_msr) - wrmsr(nmi_perfctr_msr, -(cpu_khz/nmi_hz*1000), -1); + wrmsrl(nmi_perfctr_msr, -((u64)cpu_khz * 1000 / nmi_hz)); } static int dummy_nmi_callback(struct pt_regs * regs, int cpu)