linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] x86, NMI, Treat unknown NMI as hardware error

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Message-ID: <4DD22480.7090309@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 15:32:16 +0800
From:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
CC:	huang ying <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] x86, NMI, Treat unknown NMI as hardware error

On 05/17/2011 03:44 AM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> On 05/16/2011 05:09 AM, Huang Ying wrote:
> ...
>>>
>>>   I'm personally fine even if it's enabled by default, only worried to have
>>> an option to disable hwerr from boot line.
>>
>> The white list mechanism is not sufficient?  Spurious unknown NMI can
>> occur on white list machines?  People don't want to protect their data?
>>
> 
>   I suppose no, it's not sufficient considering how many cpu errata already
> out in general. And I see no guarantee that unknown NMIs never triggers on
> white list machines and I know that you know that as well ;)

I write this patch because I believe white listed machines will not
generate unknown NMI for no good reason ;)

If we just want to push the unknown NMI logic to user space, existing
"unknown_nmi_panic" is sufficient.

Best Regards,
Huang Ying
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