i386: conditionalize touching of memory in From: "Jan Beulich" Just like on x86-64, don't touch foreign CPUs' memory if the watchdog isn't enabled at all. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c | 16 +++++++++------- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c @@ -870,14 +870,16 @@ static unsigned int void touch_nmi_watchdog (void) { - int i; + if (nmi_watchdog > 0) { + unsigned cpu; - /* - * Just reset the alert counters, (other CPUs might be - * spinning on locks we hold): - */ - for_each_possible_cpu(i) - alert_counter[i] = 0; + /* + * Just reset the alert counters, (other CPUs might be + * spinning on locks we hold): + */ + for_each_present_cpu (cpu) + alert_counter[cpu] = 0; + } /* * Tickle the softlockup detector too: