linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] apei, ghes, nmi: Factor out NMI arch-specific calls.

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:29:24 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>
To:	Tomasz Nowicki <tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org>
Cc:	rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
	bp@...en8.de, m.chehab@...sung.com, bp@...e.de,
	linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linaro-acpi@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] apei, ghes, nmi: Factor out NMI arch-specific
 calls.

On 13.06.14 13:02:59, Tomasz Nowicki wrote:
> Similar to MCE related patch, all NMI architectural calls are abstracted.
> Also, we are providing corresponding X86 functions' content.

We don't need to abstract nmi calls for archs that don't support
nmis. Just disable the code with #ifdefs depending on
ARCH_HAS_ACPI_APEI_NMI. Most changes in this patch, esp. all __weak
functions are obsolete then.

The remainings of this patch could probably merged with earlier
patches.

-Robert

> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Nowicki <tomasz.nowicki@...aro.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/apei.c   |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/acpi/apei/apei-base.c |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c      |   14 ++++++--------
>  include/acpi/apei.h           |    7 +++++++
>  4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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