goto out_save;
}
- printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled for cpu%i: unable to create perf event: %ld\n",
- cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
+
+ /* vary the KERN level based on the returned errno */
+ if (PTR_ERR(event) == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+ printk(KERN_INFO "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): not supported (no LAPIC?)\n", cpu);
+ else if (PTR_ERR(event) == -ENOENT)
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): hardware events not enabled\n", cpu);
+ else
+ printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): unable to create perf event: %ld\n", cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
return PTR_ERR(event);
/* success path */
{
proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
- if (watchdog_enabled)
- watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
- else
- watchdog_disable_all_cpus();
+ if (write) {
+ if (watchdog_enabled)
+ watchdog_enable_all_cpus();
+ else
+ watchdog_disable_all_cpus();
+ }
return 0;
}