linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] IOAPIC NMI watchdog fixes

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Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:45:34 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] IOAPIC NMI watchdog fixes


* Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@...ux-mips.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Aristeu Rozanski wrote:
> 
> > These two patches make use of __acpi_nmi_disable() to make possible to:
> > - enable and disable IOAPIC NMI watchdog using procfs
> > - disable NMI generation if the NMI watchdog is not working on boot time
> 
>  Thanks, I'll see if I can find some time soon to give them a hit -- 
> I've got a serial console on my laptop now, :) so any odd boot-time 
> tests will be easier for me.  These would be best tested with Ingo's 
> APIC tree, a current snapshot of which I may not have handy.  Ping 
> me if I don't respond within a few days.

okay - they look reasonable so i've applied Aristeu's patches to 
tip/x86/apic and integrated them into tip/master, we'll see how they 
work out.

Please Ack/Nak them once you have the time to have a close look.

	Ingo
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