[PATCH V2,RESEND 4/4] doc: watchdog: Modify the doc related to "watchdog/%u"
From: Wang Qing
Date: Thu Apr 29 2021 - 05:05:19 EST
"watchdog/%u" threads has be replaced by cpu_stop_work. The current
description is extremely misleading.
---
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 1d56a6b..32b0791
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -1282,11 +1282,11 @@ This parameter can be used to control the soft lockup detector.
= =================================
The soft lockup detector monitors CPUs for threads that are hogging the CPUs
-without rescheduling voluntarily, and thus prevent the 'watchdog/N' threads
-from running. The mechanism depends on the CPUs ability to respond to timer
-interrupts which are needed for the 'watchdog/N' threads to be woken up by
-the watchdog timer function, otherwise the NMI watchdog — if enabled — can
-detect a hard lockup condition.
+without rescheduling voluntarily, and thus prevent the 'migration/N' threads
+from running, causing the watchdog work fail to execute. The mechanism depends
+on the CPUs ability to respond to timer interrupts which are needed for the
+watchdog work to be queued by the watchdog timer function, otherwise the NMI
+watchdog — if enabled — can detect a hard lockup condition.
stack_erasing
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2.7.4