From 3c00ea82c724fab0b98f15428a804cb45eb9ad38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 20:45:15 +0200
Subject: 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>
---
kernel/sysctl.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
(limited to 'kernel/sysctl.c')
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,
--
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