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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt2
-rw-r--r--kernel/watchdog.c3
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 8b61c936099..01ece1b9213 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
- nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector.
+ nowatchdog [KNL] Disable the lockup detector (NMI watchdog).
nowb [ARM]
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 6e3c41a4024..5b082156cd2 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ static int watchdog_nmi_enable(int cpu)
goto out_save;
}
- printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog failed to create perf event on cpu%i: %p\n", cpu, event);
+ printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled for cpu%i: unable to create perf event: %ld\n",
+ cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
return PTR_ERR(event);
/* success path */