Re: [PATCH 2/2] watchdog: pretimeout: Convert dump pretimeout governor to tristate

[Doug Anderson]

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM Mayank Rungta via B4 Relay
<devnull+mrungta.google.com@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Mayank Rungta <mrungta@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Commit 645ad41da8b2 ("watchdog: pretimeout: Add "dump" pretimeout
> governor") added the "dump" watchdog pretimeout governor, but restricted
> it to built-in code because trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() was not exported
> to loadable modules.
>
> Now that CPU backtrace APIs are supported for loadable kernel modules
> via cpumask_backtrace(), convert WATCHDOG_PRETIMEOUT_GOV_DUMP to
> tristate. This allows kernels to deliver the pretimeout governor as a
> loadable kernel module.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mayank Rungta <mrungta@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>