The patch titled Subject: kernel: watchdog: modify the explanation related to watchdog thread has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kernel-watchdog-modify-the-explanation-related-to-watchdog-thread.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-watchdog-modify-the-explanation-related-to-watchdog-thread.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-watchdog-modify-the-explanation-related-to-watchdog-thread.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx> Subject: kernel: watchdog: modify the explanation related to watchdog thread The watchdog thread has been replaced by cpu_stop_work, modify the explanation related. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1619687073-24686-2-git-send-email-wangqing@xxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Wang Qing <wangqing@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@xxxxxxx> Cc: Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/watchdog.c | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/watchdog.c~kernel-watchdog-modify-the-explanation-related-to-watchdog-thread +++ a/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ __setup("nmi_watchdog=", hardlockup_pani * 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) @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct 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 @@ -552,11 +552,7 @@ static void lockup_detector_reconfigure( } /* - * 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) { @@ -622,7 +618,7 @@ 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. */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from wangqing@xxxxxxxx are kernel-watchdog-modify-the-explanation-related-to-watchdog-thread.patch doc-watchdog-modify-the-explanation-related-to-watchdog-thread.patch doc-watchdog-modify-the-doc-related-to-watchdog-%u.patch