kernel_optimize_test/arch/x86_64
Corey Minyard 8b1ffe9550 [PATCH] x86_64: add nmi_exit to die_nmi
Playing with NMI watchdog on x86_64, I discovered that it didn't
do what I expected.  It always panic-ed, even when it didn't
happen from interrupt context.  This patch solves that
problem for me.  Also, in this case, do_exit() will be called
with interrupts disabled, I believe.  Would it be wise to also
call local_irq_enable() after nmi_exit()?
[Yes I added it -AK]

Currently, on x86_64, any NMI watchdog timeout will cause a panic
because the irq count will always be set to be in an interrupt
when do_exit() is called from die_nmi().  If we add nmi_exit() to
the die_nmi() call (since the nmi will never exit "normally")
it seems to solve this problem.  The following small program
can be used to trigger the NMI watchdog to reproduce this:
  main ()
  {
        iopl(3);
        for (;;) asm("cli");
  }

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-08 09:34:56 -07:00
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boot [PATCH] vesafb: Fix incorrect logo colors in x86_64 2006-04-11 06:18:54 -07:00
crypto [CRYPTO] aes: Fixed array boundary violation 2006-03-21 20:14:10 +11:00
ia32 [PATCH] x86_64: Add compat_sys_vmsplice and use it in x86-64 2006-05-01 18:17:43 -07:00
kernel [PATCH] x86_64: add nmi_exit to die_nmi 2006-05-08 09:34:56 -07:00
lib [PATCH] x86_64: remove dead do_softirq_thunk 2006-03-25 09:10:53 -08:00
mm [PATCH] x86_64: sparsemem does not need node_mem_map 2006-04-22 09:19:52 -07:00
oprofile [PATCH] Move Kprobes and Oprofile to "Instrumentation Support" menu 2005-11-07 07:53:35 -08:00
pci [PATCH] x86_64: Fix embarassing typo in mmconfig bus check 2006-04-11 06:38:57 -07:00
defconfig [PATCH] x86_64: Update defconfig 2006-04-18 10:39:19 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] Configurable NODES_SHIFT 2006-04-11 06:18:39 -07:00
Kconfig.debug [PATCH] x86_64: Remove CONFIG_INIT_DEBUG 2006-02-04 16:43:13 -08:00
Makefile [PATCH] x86_64: fix CONFIG_REORDER 2006-04-09 11:53:53 -07:00