The watchdog thread has been replaced by cpu_stop_work, modify the
explanation related.
Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/watchdog.c | 12 ++++--------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 7110906..d7fb4fb
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ __setup("nmi_watchdog=", hardlockup_panic_setup);
* own hardlockup detector.
*
* watchdog_nmi_enable/disable can be implemented to start and stop when
- * softlockup watchdog threads start and stop. The arch must select the
+ * softlockup watchdog start and stop. The arch must select the
* SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR Kconfig.
*/
int __weak watchdog_nmi_enable(unsigned int cpu)
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct completion, softlockup_completion);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_stop_work, softlockup_stop_work);
/*
- * The watchdog thread function - touches the timestamp.
+ * The watchdog feed function - touches the timestamp.
*
* It only runs once every sample_period seconds (4 seconds by
* default) to reset the softlockup timestamp. If this gets delayed
@@ -551,11 +551,7 @@ static void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
}
/*
- * Create the watchdog thread infrastructure and configure the detector(s).
- *
- * The threads are not unparked as watchdog_allowed_mask is empty. When
- * the threads are successfully initialized, take the proper locks and
- * unpark the threads in the watchdog_cpumask if the watchdog is enabled.
+ * Create the watchdog infrastructure and configure the detector(s).
*/
static __init void lockup_detector_setup(void)
{
@@ -621,7 +617,7 @@ void lockup_detector_soft_poweroff(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-/* Propagate any changes to the watchdog threads */
+/* Propagate any changes to the watchdog infrastructure */
static void proc_watchdog_update(void)
{
/* Remove impossible cpus to keep sysctl output clean. */
--
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