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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/8] [nmi watchdog] touch_softlockup cleanups and softlockup_tick removal
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 04:56:16PM -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:28:35PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 04:26:28PM -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:06:54PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > > > > diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> > > > > index 1083897..1fec781 100644
> > > > > --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> > > > > +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> > > > > @@ -827,15 +827,6 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
> > > > > .extra1 = &zero,
> > > > > .extra2 = &one,
> > > > > },
> > > > > - {
> > > > > - .procname = "softlockup_thresh",
> > > > > - .data = &softlockup_thresh,
> > > > > - .maxlen = sizeof(int),
> > > > > - .mode = 0644,
> > > > > - .proc_handler = proc_dosoftlockup_thresh,
> > > > > - .extra1 = &neg_one,
> > > > > - .extra2 = &sixty,
> > > > > - },
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I wonder about the ABI breakage.
> > > >
> > > > But I suspect few userspace tools use it though, since this is
> > > > mostly for kernel dev.
> > >
> > > There is no breakage, this chunk of code was duplicated later in the file.
> > > I am just removing the duplicated bits to simplify the SOFTLOCKUP Kconfig
> > > stuff.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Don
> >
> >
> > Ah right.
> >
> > BTW, if you address my reviews, please do it incrementally, I'm going
> > to apply this set and push it to Ingo.
>
> Ok, probably easier to review too. :-)


Yeah, and it's time to flush this code as it's good globally.

Plus it would be nice to get this for .35

Ah and forget about the sysctl ABI breakages. Since this is only
used for kernel development, this is not going to break much things.
If somebody complains, we can still reintegrate what we had.

Thanks.



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