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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/nmi.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/nmi.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nmi.h b/include/linux/nmi.h index 454fe99c4874..dd75e361a11f 100644 --- a/include/linux/nmi.h +++ b/include/linux/nmi.h @@ -125,15 +125,30 @@ void watchdog_nmi_disable(unsigned int cpu); void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void); /** - * touch_nmi_watchdog - restart NMI watchdog timeout. + * touch_nmi_watchdog - manually reset the hardlockup watchdog timeout. * - * If the architecture supports the NMI watchdog, touch_nmi_watchdog() - * may be used to reset the timeout - for code which intentionally - * disables interrupts for a long time. This call is stateless. + * If we support detecting hardlockups, touch_nmi_watchdog() may be + * used to pet the watchdog (reset the timeout) - for code which + * intentionally disables interrupts for a long time. This call is stateless. + * + * Though this function has "nmi" in the name, the hardlockup watchdog might + * not be backed by NMIs. This function will likely be renamed to + * touch_hardlockup_watchdog() in the future. */ static inline void touch_nmi_watchdog(void) { + /* + * Pass on to the hardlockup detector selected via CONFIG_. Note that + * the hardlockup detector may not be arch-specific nor using NMIs + * and the arch_touch_nmi_watchdog() function will likely be renamed + * in the future. + */ arch_touch_nmi_watchdog(); + + /* + * Touching the hardlock detector implicitly resets the + * softlockup detector too + */ touch_softlockup_watchdog(); } |