Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:54:07 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [Bug #11569] Don't complain about disabled irqs when the system has paniced |
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> Why doesn't it use something like nmi_shootdown_cpus on panic rather than
There are unfortunately a couple of BIOS around that hang randomly when NMIs are used (e.g. common problem on ThinkPads). That broke the neck of the NMI watchdog too.
But yes if we had some way to distingush these broken systems from sane ones NMI would be the way to go in panic.
-Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com
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