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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/watchdog.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c index e8b19db9c14a..452e4ed507e5 100644 --- a/kernel/watchdog.c +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -654,6 +654,12 @@ static struct smp_hotplug_thread watchdog_threads = { /* * park all watchdog threads that are specified in 'watchdog_cpumask' + * + * This function returns an error if kthread_park() of a watchdog thread + * fails. In this situation, the watchdog threads of some CPUs can already + * be parked and the watchdog threads of other CPUs can still be runnable. + * Callers are expected to handle this special condition as appropriate in + * their context. */ static int watchdog_park_threads(void) { @@ -665,10 +671,6 @@ static int watchdog_park_threads(void) if (ret) break; } - if (ret) { - for_each_watchdog_cpu(cpu) - kthread_unpark(per_cpu(softlockup_watchdog, cpu)); - } put_online_cpus(); return ret; |