linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH], issue EOI to APIC prior to calling crash_kexec in die

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Message-ID: <47AA3B16.7000507@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:56:22 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH], issue EOI to APIC prior to calling crash_kexec in	die_nmi
 path

Vivek Goyal wrote:
> 
> I am wondering if interrupts are disabled on crashing cpu or if crashing
> cpu is inside die_nmi(), how would it stop/prevent delivery of NMI IPI to
> other cpus.
> 

I don't see how it would.

	-hpa
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