Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Nov 2004 03:49:45 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6.9: Only handle system NMIs on the BSP |
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On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 02:07:43AM +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > Hello, > > While discussing races in the NMI handler's trailer fiddling with RTC > registers, I've discovered we incorrectly attempt to handle NMIs coming > from the system (memory errors, IOCHK# assertions, etc.) with all > processors even though the interrupts are only routed to the bootstrap > processor. If one of these events coincides with a NMI watchdog tick it
Where is this documented/guaranteed that only APs get such NMIs?
I don't see such a guarantee in the AMD documentation for example ...
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