Re: [PATCH] watchdog: update documentation

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Feb 08 2012 - 13:34:22 EST


On 02/08/2012 01:06 AM, Fernando Luis VÃzquez Cao wrote:
> The soft and hard lockup detectors are now built on top of the hrtimer
> and perf subsystems. Update the documentation accordingly.


Correction:

+The period of the hrtimer is 2*watchdog_thresh/5, which means it has
+two or three chances two generate an interrupt before the hardware

to

+detector kicks in.



--
~Randy
*** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/