linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NMI watchdog: setup before enabling NMI watchdog

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Message-ID: <20080922175953.GI10535@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:59:53 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dzickus@...hat.com,
	prarit@...hat.com, vgoyal@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NMI watchdog: setup before enabling NMI watchdog


* Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com> wrote:

> There's a small window when NMI watchdog is being set up that if any 
> NMIs are triggered, the NMI code will make make use of not initalized 
> wd_ops elements:

btw, this looks a bit large and not that easy to trigger, so i think 
it's v2.6.28 material - agreed?

	Ingo
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