linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] arch generic way to trigger unknown NMIs

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1010072342170.15889@eddie.linux-mips.org>
Date:	Thu, 7 Oct 2010 23:45:59 +0100 (BST)
From:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	fweisbec@...il.com, robert.richter@....com, gorcunov@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] arch generic way to trigger unknown NMIs

On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Don Zickus wrote:

> No I prefer a single one too, but there didn't seem to be a
> send_IPI_self() command, so I took the short route and sent it to
> everyone. :-(

 Odd, APIC hardware does explicitly support such a mode (there are three 
shorthands like this actually: all-but-self, all and self), so why don't 
just add a suitable wrapper?

  Maciej
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