1 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 7f9c3c52ecc1..e359b2e7e7d5 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ static int watchdog_nmi_enable(int cpu)
                 goto out_save;
         }
 
-        printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog failed to create perf event on cpu%i: %p\n", cpu, event);
+        printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled for cpu%i: unable to create perf event: %ld\n",
+               cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
         return -1;
 
         /* success path */
@@ -440,9 +441,6 @@ static int watchdog_enable(int cpu)
                 wake_up_process(p);
         }
 
-        /* if any cpu succeeds, watchdog is considered enabled for the system */
-        watchdog_enabled = 1;
-
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -470,12 +468,16 @@ static void watchdog_disable(int cpu)
 static void watchdog_enable_all_cpus(void)
 {
         int cpu;
-        int result = 0;
+
+        watchdog_enabled = 0;
 
         for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
-                result += watchdog_enable(cpu);
+                if (!watchdog_enable(cpu))
+                        /* if any cpu succeeds, watchdog is considered
+                           enabled for the system */
+                        watchdog_enabled = 1;
 
-        if (result)
+        if (!watchdog_enabled)
                 printk(KERN_ERR "watchdog: failed to be enabled on some cpus\n");
 
 }
@@ -503,10 +505,12 @@ int proc_dowatchdog_enabled(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 {
         proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
 
-        if (watchdog_enabled)
-                watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
-        else
-                watchdog_disable_all_cpus();
+        if (write) {
+                if (watchdog_enabled)
+                        watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
+                else
+                        watchdog_disable_all_cpus();
+        }
         return 0;
 }