linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Inhibit machine from asserting an NMI when doing Alt-SysRq-M operation.

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Message-Id: <200703282056.40716.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:56:40 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek <konrad@...nok.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Inhibit machine from asserting an NMI when doing Alt-SysRq-M operation.

On Tuesday 27 March 2007 15:45, you wrote:
> This patch touches the NMI watchdog every MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES
> to inhibit the machine from triggering an NMI while the CPUs
> are locked. This situation is happening on boxes with more 
> than 64CPUs and 128GB of RAM when Alt-SysRq-m is performed.
> 
> It has been succesfully tested for regression on uni, 2, 4, 8 
> 32, and 64 CPU boxes with various memory configuration.

Applied thanks

-Andi
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