linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: touch_nmi_watchdog - reset alert counters for supported nmi

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Message-ID: <20080612131515.GA12435@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:15:18 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: touch_nmi_watchdog - reset alert counters for
	supported nmi_watchdog modes only


* Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com> wrote:

> The checking 'if nmi_watchdog > 0' (ie NMI_NONE) is quite fast but it 
> has a side effect - it's taken even if nmi_watchdog = NMI_DISABLED.
> 
> Nowadays nmi_watchdog is set up to NMI_NONE by default so this 
> condition is properly taken most the time but we better show this 
> explicitly.

applied to tip/x86/nmi - thanks Cyrill.

	Ingo
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