Currently, if the NMI watchdog fails using IOAPIC method, it'll only disable interrupts on 8259 if the timer is passing thru it. This patch disables NMI delivery on LINT0 if the NMI watchdog initial test fails, just for safety. Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski --- arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c | 18 +++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- linus-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c 2008-10-27 11:59:49.000000000 -0400 +++ linus-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c 2008-10-27 11:59:49.000000000 -0400 @@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ static void report_broken_nmi(int cpu, i atomic_dec(&nmi_active); } +static void __acpi_nmi_disable(void *__unused) +{ + apic_write(APIC_LVT0, APIC_DM_NMI | APIC_LVT_MASKED); +} + int __init check_nmi_watchdog(void) { unsigned int *prev_nmi_count; @@ -179,8 +184,12 @@ int __init check_nmi_watchdog(void) kfree(prev_nmi_count); return 0; error: - if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_IO_APIC && !timer_through_8259) - disable_8259A_irq(0); + if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_IO_APIC) { + if (!timer_through_8259) + disable_8259A_irq(0); + on_each_cpu(__acpi_nmi_disable, NULL, 1); + } + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 timer_ack = 0; #endif @@ -285,11 +294,6 @@ void acpi_nmi_enable(void) on_each_cpu(__acpi_nmi_enable, NULL, 1); } -static void __acpi_nmi_disable(void *__unused) -{ - apic_write(APIC_LVT0, APIC_DM_NMI | APIC_LVT_MASKED); -} - /* * Disable timer based NMIs on all CPUs: */ -- Aristeu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/