linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [9/20] x86: Don't use oops

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Message-ID: <20080103103912.GA29194@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:39:12 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [9/20] x86: Don't use oops_begin in 64bit mce code


* Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote:

> It is not really useful to lock machine checks against oopses. And 
> machine checks normally don't nest, so they don't need their own 
> locking. Just call bust_spinlock/console_verbose directly.

is this in response to any particular incident you've seen?

	Ingo
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