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-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c11
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
index 27e95e7922c..9cb42ecb7f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ void nmi_watchdog_default(void)
nmi_watchdog = NMI_IO_APIC;
}
+static int endflag __initdata = 0;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
/* The performance counters used by NMI_LOCAL_APIC don't trigger when
* the CPU is idle. To make sure the NMI watchdog really ticks on all
@@ -200,7 +202,6 @@ void nmi_watchdog_default(void)
*/
static __init void nmi_cpu_busy(void *data)
{
- volatile int *endflag = data;
local_irq_enable_in_hardirq();
/* Intentionally don't use cpu_relax here. This is
to make sure that the performance counter really ticks,
@@ -208,14 +209,13 @@ static __init void nmi_cpu_busy(void *data)
pause instruction. On a real HT machine this is fine because
all other CPUs are busy with "useless" delay loops and don't
care if they get somewhat less cycles. */
- while (*endflag == 0)
- barrier();
+ while (endflag == 0)
+ mb();
}
#endif
int __init check_nmi_watchdog (void)
{
- volatile int endflag = 0;
int *counts;
int cpu;
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ int __init check_nmi_watchdog (void)
if (!atomic_read(&nmi_active)) {
kfree(counts);
atomic_set(&nmi_active, -1);
+ endflag = 1;
return -1;
}
endflag = 1;
@@ -301,8 +302,6 @@ int __init setup_nmi_watchdog(char *str)
if ((nmi >= NMI_INVALID) || (nmi < NMI_NONE))
return 0;
- if ((nmi == NMI_LOCAL_APIC) && (nmi_known_cpu() == 0))
- return 0; /* no lapic support */
nmi_watchdog = nmi;
return 1;
}