linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 5/6] x86, NMI, Add support to notify hardware error with unknown NMI

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Date:	Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:40:39 -0400
From:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 5/6] x86, NMI, Add support to notify hardware error with
 unknown NMI

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 06:19:29PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> > I am grasping for straws here, but is there a register that APEI/HEST
> > can poke to see if it generated the NMI?
> 
> HEST knows this yes.
> 
> But this is not about HEST errors, but about those without HEST
> handling.

Don't most unknown NMIs fall into the same boat, that they were not being
handled properly?

On the other hand could you use the die_notifier_chain(DIE_UNKNOWNNMI) for
the same purpose and keep the unknown_nmi_error() handler a little
cleaner?

Cheers,
Don
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