Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:53:48 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 07/10] MCE: replace mce.c use of TIF_MCE_NOTIFY with user_return_notifier |
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On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 06:30:07AM -0400, Avi Kivity wrote: > You're missing the flow. The MCE handler calls irq_work_queue(), which > schedules a user return notifier, which does any needed processing in > task context.
Ah ok, this will obviate the need for atomic lists in the user return notifier. This could work, yep.
Thanks for clarifying.
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