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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/watchdog.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 8b61c93..01ece1b 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem - nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector. + nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector (NMI watchdog). nowb [ARM] diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c index 6e3c41a..5b08215 100644 --- a/kernel/watchdog.c +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ 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 PTR_ERR(event); /* success path */ |
