linux-kernel - RE: [RFC][PATCH v3 2/3] Skip spin_locks in panic case and add WARN

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Message-ID: <5C4C569E8A4B9B42A84A977CF070A35B2C581E2236@USINDEVS01.corp.hds.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:04:11 -0500
From:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>, Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	"Chen, Gong" <gong.chen@...el.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>,
	"'ying.huang@...el.com'" <'ying.huang@...el.com'>,
	"'ak@...ux.intel.com'" <'ak@...ux.intel.com'>,
	"'hughd@...omium.org'" <'hughd@...omium.org'>,
	"'mingo@...e.hu'" <'mingo@...e.hu'>,
	"jmorris@...ei.org" <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl" <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	"namhyung@...il.com" <namhyung@...il.com>,
	"dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@....com>
Subject: RE: [RFC][PATCH v3 2/3] Skip spin_locks in panic case and add
 WARN_ON()

>So I wonder whether there is any value in the cpu sending an NMI to itself to
>meet the exact wording of this section in the spec.
>
>I'll ask an Intel EFI guru whether I'm on target.

Thanks, Tony. I wait for their reply.

Seiji
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