watchdog: introduce the proc_watchdog_update() function

This series introduces a separate handler for each watchdog parameter in
/proc/sys/kernel.  The separate handlers need a common function that they
can call to update the run state of the lockup detectors, or to have the
lockup detectors use a new sample period.

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>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 9a1c78769a33..dcc4990097a2 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -679,6 +679,29 @@ static void watchdog_disable_all_cpus(void)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Update the run state of the lockup detectors.
+ */
+static int proc_watchdog_update(void)
+{
+        int err = 0;
+
+        /*
+         * Watchdog threads won't be started if they are already active.
+         * The 'watchdog_running' variable in watchdog_*_all_cpus() takes
+         * care of this. If those threads are already active, the sample
+         * period will be updated and the lockup detectors will be enabled
+         * or disabled 'on the fly'.
+         */
+        if (watchdog_enabled && watchdog_thresh)
+                err = watchdog_enable_all_cpus(true);
+        else
+                watchdog_disable_all_cpus();
+
+        return err;
+
+}
+
+/*
  * proc handler for /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog,watchdog_thresh
  */