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authorFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>2013-05-19 20:45:15 +0200
committerFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>2013-06-20 15:41:18 +0200
commit3c00ea82c724fab0b98f15428a804cb45eb9ad38 (patch)
tree3e380db50cf9bc5d2962c25cc80707bfd9fc834c /kernel/sysctl.c
parentb8900bc0217fac8e68085997bee2f05e6db931a2 (diff)
downloadlinux-3c00ea82c724fab0b98f15428a804cb45eb9ad38.tar.bz2
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.c4
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[] = {
#if defined(CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR)
{
.procname = "watchdog",
- .data = &watchdog_enabled,
+ .data = &watchdog_user_enabled,
.maxlen = sizeof (int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dowatchdog,
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
},
{
.procname = "nmi_watchdog",
- .data = &watchdog_enabled,
+ .data = &watchdog_user_enabled,
.maxlen = sizeof (int),
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dowatchdog,