Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:19:11 +0300 | From | Cyrill Gorcunov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/6] x86, NMI: Allow NMI reason io port (0x61) to be processed on any CPU |
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On 02/27/2011 04:01 AM, huang ying wrote: ... >> >> Probably we should put question in another fashion, ie in the fasion of >> overall design -- who should be >> responsible for handling external nmis, 1) the cpu which apic is configured >> to observe such nmis or 2) any cpu? >> If we take 1) then no lock is needed and underlied code will report real cpu >> number who observed nmi. If >> we take 2) then lock is needed but we need a big comment in default_do_nmi >> together with probably cpu number >> fixed in serr\iochk printk's. > > I am OK with both solutions. > > Best Regards, > Huang Ying
ok, lets see what others think on this thread
-- Cyrill
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