X-Git-Url: http://pileus.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=kernel%2Fwatchdog.c;h=4b1dfba70f7cf8ae7397623656a9b695028f702a;hb=1bea57f5f38809e2d3e0fe58ab01362c05232777;hp=e5e1d85b8c7c23090ce59b7e5b1e868535c85ef0;hpb=92bf3d09410531a06e06504957271e3978f937e2;p=~andy%2Flinux

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index e5e1d85b8c7..4b1dfba70f7 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -372,6 +372,13 @@ static int watchdog(void *unused)
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
+/*
+ * People like the simple clean cpu node info on boot.
+ * Reduce the watchdog noise by only printing messages
+ * that are different from what cpu0 displayed.
+ */
+static unsigned long cpu0_err;
+
 static int watchdog_nmi_enable(int cpu)
 {
 	struct perf_event_attr *wd_attr;
@@ -390,11 +397,21 @@ static int watchdog_nmi_enable(int cpu)
 
 	/* Try to register using hardware perf events */
 	event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(wd_attr, cpu, NULL, watchdog_overflow_callback, NULL);
+
+	/* save cpu0 error for future comparision */
+	if (cpu == 0 && IS_ERR(event))
+		cpu0_err = PTR_ERR(event);
+
 	if (!IS_ERR(event)) {
-		pr_info("enabled, takes one hw-pmu counter.\n");
+		/* only print for cpu0 or different than cpu0 */
+		if (cpu == 0 || cpu0_err)
+			pr_info("enabled on all CPUs, permanently consumes one hw-PMU counter.\n");
 		goto out_save;
 	}
 
+	/* skip displaying the same error again */
+	if (cpu > 0 && (PTR_ERR(event) == cpu0_err))
+		return PTR_ERR(event);
 
 	/* vary the KERN level based on the returned errno */
 	if (PTR_ERR(event) == -EOPNOTSUPP)