Re: [PATCH] watchdog: Fix watchdog_nmi_enable_all()

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:47:49 -0400 Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The 'watchdog_user_enabled' variable is only used as an 'interface'
> to the /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog parameter. The actual state of the
> watchdog is tracked by bits in the 'watchdog_enabled' variable. So,
> watchdog_nmi_enable_all() should check the NMI_WATCHDOG_ENABLED bit
> in 'watchdog_enabled'.

What are the user-visible effects of the patch?  Please always include
this information when fixing a bug.


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