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SubjectRe: [PATCH -v2 7/7] x86, NMI, Remove do_nmi_callback logic
On 27.09.10 08:56:44, huang ying wrote:

> >> -static int unknown_nmi_panic_callback(struct pt_regs *regs, int cpu)
> >> -{
> >> -     unsigned char reason = get_nmi_reason();
> >> -     char buf[64];
> >> -
> >> -     sprintf(buf, "NMI received for unknown reason %02x\n", reason);
> >> -     die_nmi(buf, regs, 1); /* Always panic here */
> >> -     return 0;
> >
> > You are dropping this code that is different to panic().
>
> What is the difference? Is it relevant?

I think yes, since the code behaves different. Otherwise we could
remove die_nmi() completly and replace it by panic(). But both are
different implementions. Maybe we can merge the code, but I didn't
look at it closly.

-Robert

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center

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