Messages in this thread | | | From | 河合英宏 / KAWAI,HIDEHIRO <> | Subject | RE: [V4 PATCH 4/4] x86/apic: Introduce noextnmi boot option | Date | Fri, 16 Oct 2015 02:02:06 +0000 |
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> > By the way, I have a pending patch which expands this option like > > this: > > > > apic_extnmi={ bsp | all | none } > > > > If apic_extnmi=all is specified, external NMIs are broadcast to > > all CPUs. This raises the successful rate of kernel panic in the case > > where an external NMI to CPU 0 is swallowed by other NMI handlers or > > blocked due to hang-up in NMI context. The patch works without any > > problems, but I'm going to drop the feature if it will cause long > > discussion. I'd like to settle this patch set down once. At least, > > I'm going to change this option to apic_extnmi={bsp|none} style for > > the future expansion. > > > > How do you think about this? > > Do it right away with all three variants. They make a lot of sense to > me.
OK. I'll do that.
Regards,
-- Hidehiro Kawai Hitachi, Ltd. Research & Development Group
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