linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi

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Date:   Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:03:50 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@....com>,
        "rjw@...ysocki.net" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        "lenb@...nel.org" <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "mchehab@...nel.org" <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] ghes_edac: avoid multiple calls to dmi_walk()

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 09:59:01AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Should the above be:
> 
> 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(in_nmi()))
> 		return;
> 
> To prevent a deadlock? Or do we not care?

Yeah, better this way.

> What's the likelihood of two calls to ghes_edac_register being done
> simultaneously?  Because two calls at the same time will get past this.

Well, that thing gets called per GHES platform device and last time I
checked they do get probed back-to-back but I'll check that again.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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