Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:22:59 +0200 | From | "Roedel, Joerg" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86, nmi: workaround sti; hlt race vs nmi; intr |
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On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 04:50:24AM -0400, Avi Kivity wrote: > On 09/27/2010 11:55 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > On 09/27/2010 02:27 AM, Avi Kivity wrote: > > > > > > I don't have write permissions for the spec. If you can verify that all > > > existing and future hardware will mask NMI after STI and convince the > > > spec owners to update the specifications, I'm all for it; it's certainly > > > a cleaner solution. > > > > > > > I'm trying to see if this is doable. As you can well imagine, though, > > it takes time. > > Joerg, can you look at this from the AMD side?
Yes, I will discuss this with the hardware peoples. Will take some time here too.
Joerg
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