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SubjectRe: [RFC] x86_64: A real proposal for iret-less return to kernel
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 06:37:26AM +0900, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Seriously. If an NMI is interrupted by an MCE, you might as well
> consider the machine dead. Don't worry about it. We may or may not
> recover, but it is *not* our problem.

I certainly like this way of handling it. We can even issue a nice
banner saying something like "You're f*cked - go change hw."

:-)

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