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Date:	Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:41:39 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	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] perf, x86: catch spurious interrupts after disabling
 counters

On 17.09.10 09:06:09, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Robert.
> 
> Does it mean that with this patch, we don't need Don's back-to-back NMI patch
> anymore?

No, both fix separate things.

Don's patch is about this problem on Intel systems, where ack'ing the
status late may cause empty nmis:

 http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/25/124

My patch fixes a problem that after disabling a counter, it could
still cause a late NMI. It was observed on AMD systems, but may also
be valid for Intel systems.

-Robert

-- 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center

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