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SubjectRe: [patch V4 part 1 35/36] x86: Replace ist_enter() with nmi_enter()
On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 7:14 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
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> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
>
> A few exceptions (like #DB and #BP) can happen at any location in the code,
> this then means that tracers should treat events from these exceptions as
> NMI-like. The interrupted context could be holding locks with interrupts
> disabled for instance.
>
> Similarly, #MC is an actual NMI-like exception.

Is it permissible to send a signal from inside nmi_enter()? I imagine
so, but I just want to make sure.

--Andy

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