Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:15:16 +0100 (BST) | | From | "Maciej W. Rozycki" <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC] arch generic way to trigger unknown NMIs |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> Hi Maciej, the send_IPI_self could be modified to send NMI (at moment it > uses self shortcut with fixed delivery mode). The question is rather if > we need it without a real caller yet. When Don's patch gets merged we > will have a real caller then and could update send_IPI_self to support > NMI delivery mode. Something like that :)
Sounds backwards to me. My understanding is a need has just arisen, so why not:
1. Update send_IPI_self().
2. Add code that makes use of the new functionality.
3. Submit all the changes as self-contained patches in a single series to be applied at the same time.
? That's what I'd imagine the most natural way of doing this would be.
Maciej
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