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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-03-15 08:29:44 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-03-15 08:29:44 +0100
commit8460b3e5bc64955aeefdd8357b3bf7b5ff79b3f2 (patch)
tree7e5f6d050b72ab08a4497e82a4a103fefb086e80 /kernel/watchdog.c
parent56396e6823fe9b42fe9cf9403d6ed67756255f70 (diff)
parent521cb40b0c44418a4fd36dc633f575813d59a43d (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.38' into x86/mm
Conflicts: arch/x86/mm/numa_64.c Merge reason: Resolve the conflict, update the branch to .38. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/watchdog.c')
-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 */