When dumping memory via sysrq-m it is possible to take a bogus NMI watchdog
or softlockup watchdog because the dump can take a long time on big memory
systems.
Occasionally tickle the watchdog when doing the dump.
Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c b/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c
index 7ac8592..d3c538b 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
#include <linux/efi.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <asm/meminit.h>
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ void show_mem(void)
present = pgdat->node_present_pages;
for(i = 0; i < pgdat->node_spanned_pages; i++) {
struct page *page;
+ if (unlikely(i % MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES == 0))
+ touch_nmi_watchdog();
if (pfn_valid(pgdat->node_start_pfn + i))
page = pfn_to_page(pgdat->node_start_pfn + i);
else {
diff --git a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
index 0dbf0e8..0d34585 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/mm/discontig.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/bootmem.h>
#include <linux/acpi.h>
@@ -533,6 +534,8 @@ void show_mem(void)
present = pgdat->node_present_pages;
for(i = 0; i < pgdat->node_spanned_pages; i++) {
struct page *page;
+ if (unlikely(i % MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES == 0))
+ touch_nmi_watchdog();
if (pfn_valid(pgdat->node_start_pfn + i))
page = pfn_to_page(pgdat->node_start_pfn + i);
else {
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