Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:34:15 -0700 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: [ATTN IBM Guys] NMI count on X440 box |
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 07:31:03PM -0700, John Wendel wrote: > I just noticed that our 8-way X440 is showing (in /proc/interrupts) > about 100 NMIs / second, on each CPU. Would some kind soul please tell > me if this is OK? A brief explanation of what this interrupt is being > used for would be appreciated. > We're running the latest RH Advanced server kernel. > </curious> > Sorry if this is a stupid question.
A common use for intentional NMI's is NMI-based profiling, i.e. oprofile. I can't say for sure this is where your NMI's are coming from without seeing more about your kernel.
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