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-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c26
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
index c0b9169ba5d..a6c5674c78e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
static char expect_release;
static unsigned long hpwdt_is_open;
static unsigned int allow_kdump;
-static int hpwdt_nmi_sourcing;
+static unsigned int hpwdt_nmi_sourcing;
+static unsigned int priority; /* hpwdt at end of die_notify list */
static void __iomem *pci_mem_addr; /* the PCI-memory address */
static unsigned long __iomem *hpwdt_timer_reg;
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@ static struct miscdevice hpwdt_miscdev = {
static struct notifier_block die_notifier = {
.notifier_call = hpwdt_pretimeout,
- .priority = 0x7FFFFFFF,
+ .priority = 0,
};
/*
@@ -641,7 +642,8 @@ static void __devinit hpwdt_check_nmi_sourcing(struct pci_dev *dev)
hpwdt_nmi_sourcing = 1;
else
dev_warn(&dev->dev, "NMI sourcing is disabled. To enable this "
- "functionality you must reboot with nmi_watchdog=0.\n");
+ "functionality you must reboot with nmi_watchdog=0 "
+ "and load the hpwdt driver with priority=1.\n");
}
#else
static void __devinit hpwdt_check_nmi_sourcing(struct pci_dev *dev)
@@ -714,6 +716,14 @@ static int __devinit hpwdt_init_one(struct pci_dev *dev,
cmn_regs.u1.rah = 0x0D;
cmn_regs.u1.ral = 0x02;
+ /*
+ * If the priority is set to 1, then we will be put first on the
+ * die notify list to handle a critical NMI. The default is to
+ * be last so other users of the NMI signal can function.
+ */
+ if (priority)
+ die_notifier.priority = 0x7FFFFFFF;
+
retval = register_die_notifier(&die_notifier);
if (retval != 0) {
dev_warn(&dev->dev,
@@ -733,9 +743,11 @@ static int __devinit hpwdt_init_one(struct pci_dev *dev,
printk(KERN_INFO
"hp Watchdog Timer Driver: %s"
", timer margin: %d seconds (nowayout=%d)"
- ", allow kernel dump: %s (default = 0/OFF).\n",
+ ", allow kernel dump: %s (default = 0/OFF)"
+ ", priority: %s (default = 0/LAST).\n",
HPWDT_VERSION, soft_margin, nowayout,
- (allow_kdump == 0) ? "OFF" : "ON");
+ (allow_kdump == 0) ? "OFF" : "ON",
+ (priority == 0) ? "LAST" : "FIRST");
return 0;
@@ -798,5 +810,9 @@ module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
+module_param(priority, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(priority, "The hpwdt driver handles NMIs first or last"
+ " (default = 0/Last)\n");
+
module_init(hpwdt_init);
module_exit(hpwdt_cleanup);