linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [20/58] x86: Always probe the NMI watchdog

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Message-ID: <20070719102405.GB6581@atjola.homenet>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:24:05 +0200
From:	BjÃ¶rn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	patches@...-64.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [20/58] x86: Always probe the NMI watchdog

On 2007.07.19 11:55:05 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> From: [** iso-8859-1 charset **] BjörnSteinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>
> 
> The performance counter allocator relies on the nmi watchdog being
> probed, so we have to do that even if the watchdog is not enabled.

Are you going to revert your fixes to the msr->bit conversions? Or is
this patch still required with them in place? I actually like your fix,
as it also fixes the semantics of single_msr_reserve() (see other mail).

So, can we just drop this one?

Thanks,
Björn
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