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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86, nmi: workaround sti; hlt race vs nmi; intr
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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