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-rw-r--r--kernel/watchdog.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 140dce750450..14733d4d156b 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -430,9 +430,12 @@ static int watchdog_enable(int cpu)
p = kthread_create(watchdog, (void *)(unsigned long)cpu, "watchdog/%d", cpu);
if (IS_ERR(p)) {
printk(KERN_ERR "softlockup watchdog for %i failed\n", cpu);
- if (!err)
+ if (!err) {
/* if hardlockup hasn't already set this */
err = PTR_ERR(p);
+ /* and disable the perf event */
+ watchdog_nmi_disable(cpu);
+ }
goto out;
}
kthread_bind(p, cpu);