linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/nmi: Remove the b2b parameter from nmi

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Message-ID: <CALCETrUULyUXd7j96no=e6W=TZOpo+FNizfGweWqLJck0a8wXw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:08:50 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"security@...nel.org" <security@...nel.org>,
	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/nmi: Remove the b2b parameter from nmi_handle

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org> wrote:
> It has never had any effect.  Remove it for comprehensibility.
>
> Cc'd to stable because whatever to do with improve the NMI mess will
> probably depend on this.
>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Peter, if you've already queued this up, can you remove the Cc: stable
and the comment about stable?  I have a totally different short-term
fix for the back-to-back NMI mess.  I make no guarantee at all that
it's a full fix, but it fixes the case my test exercises quite nicely.

I still think this patch makes sense as a cleanup.

--Andy
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