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Message-ID: <4DD622A5.9030902@intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 May 2011 16:13:25 +0800
From:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
CC:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
	huang ying <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] x86, NMI, Treat unknown NMI as hardware error

Hi, Don,

On 05/18/2011 03:07 AM, Don Zickus wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:18:59AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
>>> Random thought, in the Firmware first mode of HEST (which is the only way
>>> GHES records get produced??), does an SCI happen first to jump into the
>>> firmware for processing, then an NMI?
>>
>> Either that or there is a separate service processor which handles it.
>> Presumably it depends a lot on the particular system.
> 
> Ah interesting.  I was going to suggest somehow setting a bit when an SCI
> comes in and check that bit in the unknown NMI path as a possible hint
> that the NMI might be related to HEST (sorta how we flag unknown NMIs in
> the perf code).
> 
> It was just an idea.  Obviously a service processor will make that more
> difficult. :-)

Hmm, what's the conclusion?  Do you think unknown NMI should be seen as
hardware error?  At least on some white listed machines?

Best Regards,
Huang Ying
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