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-rw-r--r--kernel/watchdog.c15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 18f34cf75f74..9eaf3dbec7e8 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -225,7 +225,15 @@ static void __touch_watchdog(void)
__this_cpu_write(watchdog_touch_ts, get_timestamp());
}
-void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void)
+/**
+ * touch_softlockup_watchdog_sched - touch watchdog on scheduler stalls
+ *
+ * Call when the scheduler may have stalled for legitimate reasons
+ * preventing the watchdog task from executing - e.g. the scheduler
+ * entering idle state. This should only be used for scheduler events.
+ * Use touch_softlockup_watchdog() for everything else.
+ */
+void touch_softlockup_watchdog_sched(void)
{
/*
* Preemption can be enabled. It doesn't matter which CPU's timestamp
@@ -233,6 +241,11 @@ void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void)
*/
raw_cpu_write(watchdog_touch_ts, 0);
}
+
+void touch_softlockup_watchdog(void)
+{
+ touch_softlockup_watchdog_sched();
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_softlockup_watchdog);
void touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs(void)