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    SubjectRe: [PATCH -v2] perf, x86: try to handle unknown nmis with running perfctrs
    On 16.08.10 15:06:59, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
    > I suspect Peter was supposed to be in To: field ;)

    It was the attempt to answer 2 mails with one. :)

    > Robert, I think we still may miss unknown irq, consider the case when
    > unknown nmi is latched while you handle nmi from perf and what is
    > more interesting several counters may be overflowed. So you set
    > delta small enough and second (unknown nmi) will be in range and
    > treated as being perf back-to-back, or I miss something from patch?

    Yes, that's true, but before you have to enable your Infinite
    Improbability Drive.

    -Robert

    --
    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Operating System Research Center



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