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watchdog: Fix disable/enable regression

Commit 8d4516904b39 ("watchdog: Fix CPU hotplug regression") causes an
oops or hard lockup when doing

echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog

and the kernel is booted with nmi_watchdog=1 (default)

Running laptop-mode-tools and disconnecting/connecting AC power will
cause this to trigger, making it a common failure scenario on laptops.

Instead of bailing out of watchdog_disable() when !watchdog_enabled we
can initialize the hrtimer regardless of watchdog_enabled status. This
makes it safe to call watchdog_disable() in the nmi_watchdog=0 case,
without the negative effect on the enabled => disabled => enabled case.

All these tests pass with this patch:
- nmi_watchdog=1
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog

- nmi_watchdog=0
echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online

- nmi_watchdog=0
echo mem > /sys/power/state

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51661

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.7
Cc: Norbert Warmuth <nwarmuth@t-online.de>
Cc: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@canonical.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

authored by

Bjørn Mork and committed by
Linus Torvalds
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kernel/watchdog.c
··· 344 344 { 345 345 struct hrtimer *hrtimer = &__raw_get_cpu_var(watchdog_hrtimer); 346 346 347 + /* kick off the timer for the hardlockup detector */ 348 + hrtimer_init(hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL); 349 + hrtimer->function = watchdog_timer_fn; 350 + 347 351 if (!watchdog_enabled) { 348 352 kthread_park(current); 349 353 return; ··· 355 351 356 352 /* Enable the perf event */ 357 353 watchdog_nmi_enable(cpu); 358 - 359 - /* kick off the timer for the hardlockup detector */ 360 - hrtimer_init(hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL); 361 - hrtimer->function = watchdog_timer_fn; 362 354 363 355 /* done here because hrtimer_start can only pin to smp_processor_id() */ 364 356 hrtimer_start(hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(sample_period), ··· 368 368 static void watchdog_disable(unsigned int cpu) 369 369 { 370 370 struct hrtimer *hrtimer = &__raw_get_cpu_var(watchdog_hrtimer); 371 - 372 - if (!watchdog_enabled) 373 - return; 374 371 375 372 watchdog_set_prio(SCHED_NORMAL, 0); 376 373 hrtimer_cancel(hrtimer);