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[Kernel / Clocksource] Disabling watchdog permanently?

Heyo,

In
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/var/log/everything.log
I'm getting watchdog skip warnings.
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Dec 31 13:21:32 gameplayer kernel: clocksource: timekeeping watchdog on CPU1: hpet wd-wd read-back delay of 106088ns
Dec 31 13:21:32 gameplayer kernel: clocksource: wd-tsc-wd read-back delay of 106088ns, clock-skew test skipped!
Dec 31 13:22:09 gameplayer kernel: clocksource: timekeeping watchdog on CPU0: hpet wd-wd read-back delay of 106088ns
Dec 31 13:22:09 gameplayer kernel: clocksource: wd-tsc-wd read-back delay of 106088ns, clock-skew test skipped!
Dec 31 13:22:10 gameplayer kernel: clocksource: timekeeping watchdog on CPU2: hpet wd-wd read-back delay of 105600ns
Dec 31 13:22:10 gameplayer kernel: clocksource: wd-tsc-wd read-back delay of 106577ns, clock-skew test skipped!
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How to disable that type of watchdog permanently?
 

Re: [Kernel / Clocksource] Disabling watchdog permanently?

Reply #1 –
Ok, the solution is setting in
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/etc/default/grub
:
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="tsc=nowatchdog"

And in
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/etc/sysctl.conf
:
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kernel.nmi_watchdog=0