__setup() handlers should return 1 to obsolete_checksetup() in init/main.c to indicate that the boot option has been handled. A return of 0 causes the boot option/value to be listed as an Unknown kernel parameter and added to init's (limited) argument or environment strings. Also, error return codes don't mean anything to obsolete_checksetup() -- only non-zero (usually 1) or zero. So return 1 from setup_nmi_watchdog(). Fixes: e5553a6d0442 ("sparc64: Implement NMI watchdog on capable cpus.") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Igor Zhbanov <i.zhbanov@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: lore.kernel.org/r/64644a2f-4a20-bab3-1e15-3b2cdd0defe3@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- v2: change From" Igor to Reported-by: add more Cc's arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static int __init setup_nmi_watchdog(cha if (!strncmp(str, "panic", 5)) panic_on_timeout = 1; - return 0; + return 1; } __setup("nmi_watchdog=", setup_nmi_watchdog);