Disable NMI watchdog by default properly
This reverts commit 6ebf622b2577c50b1f496bd6a5e8739e55ae7b1c and
replaces it with one that actually works.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
index 821df34..1470242 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -245,14 +245,6 @@
unsigned int *prev_nmi_count;
int cpu;
- /* Enable NMI watchdog for newer systems.
- Probably safe on most older systems too, but let's be careful.
- IBM ThinkPads use INT10 inside SMM and that allows early NMI inside SMM
- which hangs the system. Disable watchdog for all thinkpads */
- if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT && dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2004 &&
- !dmi_name_in_vendors("ThinkPad"))
- nmi_watchdog = NMI_LOCAL_APIC;
-
if ((nmi_watchdog == NMI_NONE) || (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT))
return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
index 486f4c6..82d9d85 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -187,10 +187,7 @@
{
if (nmi_watchdog != NMI_DEFAULT)
return;
- if (nmi_known_cpu())
- nmi_watchdog = NMI_LOCAL_APIC;
- else
- nmi_watchdog = NMI_IO_APIC;
+ nmi_watchdog = NMI_NONE;
}
static int endflag __initdata = 0;