Re: [PATCH] NMI watch dog notify patch

George Anzinger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > George Anzinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> >>	This patch adds a notify to the nmi watchdog to notify that
> >> 	the system is about to be taken down by the watchdog.  If the
> >> 	notify is handled with a NOTIFY_STOP return, the system is
> >> 	given a new lease on life.
> > 
> > 
> > It looks sensible, but as there aren't actually any in-kernel uses for this
> > I'd have thought it would be better for it to live out-of-tree?
> 
> I should just bundle it with the kgdb patch then?

I spose so, for now.  If kdb and/or nlkd could benefit from it then it
might simplify life to merge it into mainline.  Perhaps you could ping
Keith Owens <[email protected]> and [email protected]?

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