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-rw-r--r--kernel/nmi_watchdog.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/nmi_watchdog.c b/kernel/nmi_watchdog.c
index 73c1954a97bb..4f23505d887d 100644
--- a/kernel/nmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/nmi_watchdog.c
@@ -166,8 +166,12 @@ cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
wd_attr.sample_period = hw_nmi_get_sample_period();
event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(&wd_attr, hotcpu, -1, wd_overflow);
if (IS_ERR(event)) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "nmi watchdog failed to create perf event on %i: %p\n", hotcpu, event);
- return NOTIFY_BAD;
+ wd_attr.type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
+ event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(&wd_attr, hotcpu, -1, wd_overflow);
+ if (IS_ERR(event)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "nmi watchdog failed to create perf event on %i: %p\n", hotcpu, event);
+ return NOTIFY_BAD;
+ }
}
per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_ev, hotcpu) = event;
perf_event_enable(per_cpu(nmi_watchdog_ev, hotcpu));
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