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kernel/watchdog.c: remove {get|put}_online_cpus() from watchdog_{park|unpark}_threads() 

watchdog_{park|unpark}_threads() are now called in code paths that protect
themselves against CPU hotplug, so {get|put}_online_cpus() calls are
redundant and can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
Cc: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Ulrich Obergfell 2015-11-05 18:44:53 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 8614ddef82
commit a2a45b85ec
1 changed files with 6 additions and 4 deletions
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@ -683,33 +683,35 @@ static struct smp_hotplug_thread watchdog_threads = {
* be parked and the watchdog threads of other CPUs can still be runnable.
* Callers are expected to handle this special condition as appropriate in
* their context.
*
* This function may only be called in a context that is protected against
* races with CPU hotplug - for example, via get_online_cpus().
*/
static int watchdog_park_threads(void)
{
int cpu, ret = 0;
get_online_cpus();
for_each_watchdog_cpu(cpu) {
ret = kthread_park(per_cpu(softlockup_watchdog, cpu));
if (ret)
break;
}
put_online_cpus();
return ret;
}
/*
* unpark all watchdog threads that are specified in 'watchdog_cpumask'
*
* This function may only be called in a context that is protected against
* races with CPU hotplug - for example, via get_online_cpus().
*/
static void watchdog_unpark_threads(void)
{
int cpu;
get_online_cpus();
for_each_watchdog_cpu(cpu)
kthread_unpark(per_cpu(softlockup_watchdog, cpu));
put_online_cpus();
}
/*