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x86: nmi - fix incorrect NMI watchdog used by default
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	commit 4b82b27
	Author: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
	Date:   Sat May 24 19:36:35 2008 +0400

set nmi_watchdog to NMI_IO_APIC as by default. This causes hangs on some
machines with buggy watchdogs. Fix it - i.e. restore old behaviour.

Thanks to Sitsofe Wheeler and Adrian Bunk for catching the problem
and Maciej W. Rozycki for explanation what is going on there.

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
CC: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Cyrill Gorcunov authored and Ingo Molnar committed May 28, 2008
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16 changes: 9 additions & 7 deletions arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c
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Expand Up @@ -84,20 +84,15 @@ static inline unsigned int get_timer_irqs(int cpu)
#endif
}

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
/* Run after command line and cpu_init init, but before all other checks */
void nmi_watchdog_default(void)
{
if (nmi_watchdog != NMI_DEFAULT)
return;
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
nmi_watchdog = NMI_NONE;
#else
if (lapic_watchdog_ok())
nmi_watchdog = NMI_LOCAL_APIC;
else
nmi_watchdog = NMI_IO_APIC;
#endif
}
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
/*
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return -EIO;
}

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
/* if nmi_watchdog is not set yet, then set it */
nmi_watchdog_default();
#else
if (lapic_watchdog_ok())
nmi_watchdog = NMI_LOCAL_APIC;
else
nmi_watchdog = NMI_IO_APIC;
#endif

if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_LOCAL_APIC) {
if (nmi_watchdog_enabled)
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion include/asm-x86/nmi.h
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Expand Up @@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ static inline void unset_nmi_pm_callback(struct pm_dev *dev)

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
extern void default_do_nmi(struct pt_regs *);
extern void nmi_watchdog_default(void);
#else
#define nmi_watchdog_default(void) do {} while (0)
#endif

extern void nmi_watchdog_default(void);
extern void die_nmi(char *str, struct pt_regs *regs, int do_panic);
extern int check_nmi_watchdog(void);
extern int nmi_watchdog_enabled;
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