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

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

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.

> 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.

Thanks,

        tglx