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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-02-15 10:18:48 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-02-15 10:18:48 -0800
commit1cecd791f2708b621e619cf4df4636c97c9497e5 (patch)
tree7d1cae2e3e0c02a5c187408fac36f0bae20fadf0 /kernel
parentfef86db8feb2618430ac9e3c9b6197a7eacaf27a (diff)
parenta252852afaea8270fcb91628b298253b112fc92e (diff)
downloadlinux-1cecd791f2708b621e619cf4df4636c97c9497e5.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: Fix text_poke_smp_batch() deadlock perf tools: Fix thread_map event synthesizing in top and record watchdog, nmi: Lower the severity of error messages ARM: oprofile: Fix backtraces in timer mode oprofile: Fix usage of CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS for oprofile_perf_init and friends
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/watchdog.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index f37f974aa81b..18bb15776c57 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -363,8 +363,14 @@ static int watchdog_nmi_enable(int cpu)
goto out_save;
}
- printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled for cpu%i: unable to create perf event: %ld\n",
- cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
+
+ /* vary the KERN level based on the returned errno */
+ if (PTR_ERR(event) == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+ printk(KERN_INFO "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): not supported (no LAPIC?)\n", cpu);
+ else if (PTR_ERR(event) == -ENOENT)
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): hardware events not enabled\n", cpu);
+ else
+ printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): unable to create perf event: %ld\n", cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
return PTR_ERR(event);
/* success path */