linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix duplicate calls of the nmi handler

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Message-ID: <1284707378.3764.2173.camel@twins>
Date:	Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:09:38 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>,
	"gorcunov@...il.com" <gorcunov@...il.com>,
	"fweisbec@...il.com" <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"ying.huang@...el.com" <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	"ming.m.lin@...el.com" <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	"yinghai@...nel.org" <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"andi@...stfloor.org" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix duplicate calls of the nmi handler

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 22:18 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> 
> Why not just have one level, NMI, and use the priority field to position
> handlers correctly? 

My point exactly.. I just don't know the history of this code, I had a
quick peek at git but it seems to predate .12, I'll try and dig through
the hysterical tree later today.


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