linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v3 3/6] x86, NMI, Rewrite NMI handler

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Date:	Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:54:31 +0800
From:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3 3/6] x86, NMI, Rewrite NMI handler

On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 14:49 +0800, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 14:45 +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 14:40 +0800, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 14:37 +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> > > > I just think two die_value make order more explicit. 
> > > 
> > > I think it sucks, you get to iterate the list twice for no gain.
> > 
> > The gain is the code readability. And maybe we can split the list into 2
> > in the future.
> 
> No, its not making sense, there's only one event source - the NMI, it
> doesn't make any sense what so ever to then artificially split it in
> two.

They are two steps to process NMI.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying


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