watchdog: move definition of 'watchdog_proc_mutex' outside of proc_do…

…watchdog()

This series removes proc_dowatchdog().  Since multiple new functions need
the 'watchdog_proc_mutex' to serialize access to the watchdog parameters
in /proc/sys/kernel, move the mutex outside of any function.

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

kernel/watchdog.c

@@ -701,6 +701,8 @@ static int proc_watchdog_update(void)
 
 }
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(watchdog_proc_mutex);
+
 /*
  * proc handler for /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog,watchdog_thresh
  */
@@ -710,7 +712,6 @@ int proc_dowatchdog(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
 	int err, old_thresh, old_enabled;
 	bool old_hardlockup;
-	static DEFINE_MUTEX(watchdog_proc_mutex);
 
 	mutex_lock(&watchdog_proc_mutex);
 	old_thresh = ACCESS_ONCE(watchdog_thresh);