+ /*
+ * We use trylock here to avoid a potential dead lock when
+ * kgdb calls this code after the kernel has been stopped with
+ * watchdog_lock held. When watchdog_lock is held we just
+ * return and accept, that the watchdog might trigger and mark
+ * the monitored clock source (usually TSC) unstable.
+ *
+ * This does not affect the other caller clocksource_resume()
+ * because at this point the kernel is UP, interrupts are
+ * disabled and nothing can hold watchdog_lock.
+ */
+ if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags))
+ return;