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SubjectRe: [tip:perf/core] x86, NMI: Rewrite NMI handler
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On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 11:06 +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> You can kill DIE_NMI_IPI. But you will add at least NMI_PRIORITY_LOCAL
> (like DIE_NMI_IPI), NMI_PRIORITY_GLOBAL (like original DIE_NMI). So
> thing is similar, just moved from one place to another place.

The nice thing is that notifier chains aren't limited to 2 priorities,
in fact there's a good argument to use a wider range.

Also, like previously mentioned, it gets rid of the double iteration.



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