[PATCH] serial console: touch NMI watchdog

Large console spews from IRQ or local_irq_disable() sections can cause the NMI
watchdog to go off.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
index 186e96c..9882060 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/serial_core.h>
 #include <linux/serial.h>
 #include <linux/serial_8250.h>
+#include <linux/nmi.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
@@ -2208,6 +2209,8 @@ serial8250_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s, unsigned int count)
        unsigned int ier;
        int i;
 
+       touch_nmi_watchdog();
+
        /*
         *      First save the UER then disable the interrupts
         */