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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-02-12 02:24:52 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-02-12 02:24:52 +0100
commit40262a71536d0b4a7486b279fa39463cfffabcc2 (patch)
tree2a63d79f17dff257b8ac160f0138bdb00f6e4747 /kernel
parent3e86858133c632060b290985837a11dbe2e0cc0e (diff)
parent0849327d13a0bd7f6512b7c21f4b3e79efb2076d (diff)
Merge branch 'perf/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6 into perf/core
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/watchdog.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index f37f974aa81..18bb15776c5 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -363,8 +363,14 @@ static int watchdog_nmi_enable(int cpu)
goto out_save;
}
- printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled for cpu%i: unable to create perf event: %ld\n",
- cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
+
+ /* vary the KERN level based on the returned errno */
+ if (PTR_ERR(event) == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+ printk(KERN_INFO "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): not supported (no LAPIC?)\n", cpu);
+ else if (PTR_ERR(event) == -ENOENT)
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): hardware events not enabled\n", cpu);
+ else
+ printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): unable to create perf event: %ld\n", cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
return PTR_ERR(event);
/* success path */