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>
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 13fdda1..84c4744 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -683,33 +683,35 @@
* 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();
}
/*