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author | Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> | 2013-05-19 14:45:15 -0400 |
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committer | Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> | 2013-06-20 09:41:18 -0400 |
commit | 3c00ea82c724fab0b98f15428a804cb45eb9ad38 (patch) | |
tree | 3e380db50cf9bc5d2962c25cc80707bfd9fc834c /kernel/sysctl.c | |
parent | b8900bc0217fac8e68085997bee2f05e6db931a2 (diff) |
watchdog: Rename confusing state variable
We have two very conflicting state variable names in the
watchdog:
* watchdog_enabled: This one reflects the user interface. It's
set to 1 by default and can be overriden with boot options
or sysctl/procfs interface.
* watchdog_disabled: This is the internal toggle state that
tells if watchdog threads, timers and NMI events are currently
running or not. This state mostly depends on the user settings.
It's a convenient state latch.
Now we really need to find clearer names because those
are just too confusing to encourage deep review.
watchdog_enabled now becomes watchdog_user_enabled to reflect
its purpose as an interface.
watchdog_disabled becomes watchdog_running to suggest its
role as a pure internal state.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Anish Singh <anish198519851985@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Li Zhong <zhong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sysctl.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/sysctl.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 9edcf456e0fc..b0805652c4ff 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c | |||
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = { | |||
801 | #if defined(CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR) | 801 | #if defined(CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR) |
802 | { | 802 | { |
803 | .procname = "watchdog", | 803 | .procname = "watchdog", |
804 | .data = &watchdog_enabled, | 804 | .data = &watchdog_user_enabled, |
805 | .maxlen = sizeof (int), | 805 | .maxlen = sizeof (int), |
806 | .mode = 0644, | 806 | .mode = 0644, |
807 | .proc_handler = proc_dowatchdog, | 807 | .proc_handler = proc_dowatchdog, |
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = { | |||
828 | }, | 828 | }, |
829 | { | 829 | { |
830 | .procname = "nmi_watchdog", | 830 | .procname = "nmi_watchdog", |
831 | .data = &watchdog_enabled, | 831 | .data = &watchdog_user_enabled, |
832 | .maxlen = sizeof (int), | 832 | .maxlen = sizeof (int), |
833 | .mode = 0644, | 833 | .mode = 0644, |
834 | .proc_handler = proc_dowatchdog, | 834 | .proc_handler = proc_dowatchdog, |