Re: + watchdog-fix-possible-soft-lockup-warning-at-bootup-v2.patch added to -mm tree

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:55:49 +0100 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:

> akpm@linux-foundation.org writes:
> 
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
> > Subject: watchdog: Fix possible soft lockup warning at bootup
> 
> Completely empty changelog without any justification for this change.

Well, this is the v1->v2 delta.  It's removing an unnecessary change
from the v1 patch.  Normally that's covered in the main patch's
changelog but removing an unneeded change isn't changeloggable.

> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200103151032.19590-1-longman@redhat.com
> > Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> > Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
> > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > ---
> >
> >  kernel/watchdog.c |    4 +---
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > --- a/kernel/watchdog.c~watchdog-fix-possible-soft-lockup-warning-at-bootup-v2
> > +++ a/kernel/watchdog.c
> > @@ -496,9 +496,7 @@ static void watchdog_enable(unsigned int
> >  		      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED_HARD);
> >  
> >  	/* Initialize timestamp */
> > -	if (system_state != SYSTEM_BOOTING)
> > -		__touch_watchdog();
> > -
> > +	__touch_watchdog();
> >  	/* Enable the perf event */
> >  	if (watchdog_enabled & NMI_WATCHDOG_ENABLED)
> >  		watchdog_nmi_enable(cpu);
> > _
> >
> > Patches currently in -mm which might be from longman@redhat.com are
> >
> > watchdog-fix-possible-soft-lockup-warning-at-bootup.patch
> > watchdog-fix-possible-soft-lockup-warning-at-bootup-v2.patch
> 
> Please drop both. The initial one just papers over timer interrupt loss
> and weakens debugging. That V2 thing is just fixing up the wreckage
> introduced in the initial one.

Not really - it's removing a change which was deemed unneeded.

But sure, dropped.