linux-kernel - Re: [V5][PATCH 3/6] x86, nmi: wire up NMI handlers to new routines

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Message-ID: <4E797913.5050906@intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:41:39 +0800
From:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
CC:	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"avi@...hat.com" <avi@...hat.com>,
	"jeremy@...p.org" <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [V5][PATCH 3/6] x86, nmi: wire up NMI handlers to new routines

On 09/20/2011 10:43 PM, Don Zickus wrote:
> Just convert all the files that have an nmi handler to the new routines.
> Most of it is straight forward conversion.  A couple of places needed some
> tweaking like kgdb which separates the debug notifier from the nmi handler
> and mce removes a call to notify_die (as I couldn't figure out why it was
> there).

It is used to call a debugger on a machine check, according to following
thread:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/5/27/114

So maybe we can turn that into a kgdb direct call?

Best Regards,
Huang Ying
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