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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/watchdog.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/watchdog.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c index 13fdda1..84c4744 100644 --- a/kernel/watchdog.c +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c @@ -683,33 +683,35 @@ static struct smp_hotplug_thread watchdog_threads = { * be parked and the watchdog threads of other CPUs can still be runnable. * Callers are expected to handle this special condition as appropriate in * their context. + * + * This function may only be called in a context that is protected against + * races with CPU hotplug - for example, via get_online_cpus(). */ static int watchdog_park_threads(void) { int cpu, ret = 0; - get_online_cpus(); for_each_watchdog_cpu(cpu) { ret = kthread_park(per_cpu(softlockup_watchdog, cpu)); if (ret) break; } - put_online_cpus(); return ret; } /* * unpark all watchdog threads that are specified in 'watchdog_cpumask' + * + * This function may only be called in a context that is protected against + * races with CPU hotplug - for example, via get_online_cpus(). */ static void watchdog_unpark_threads(void) { int cpu; - get_online_cpus(); for_each_watchdog_cpu(cpu) kthread_unpark(per_cpu(softlockup_watchdog, cpu)); - put_online_cpus(); } /* |
