Re: [PATCH 4/7] perf, x86: Implement IBS interrupt handler

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 15:46 +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> +static int __kprobes
> +perf_ibs_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
> +                    unsigned long cmd, void *__args)
> +{
> +       struct die_args *args = __args;
> +       int handled = 0;
> +
> +       switch (cmd) {
> +       case DIE_NMI:
> +               break;
> +       default:
> +               return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +       }
> +
> +       handled += perf_ibs_handle_irq(&perf_ibs_fetch, args->regs);
> +       handled += perf_ibs_handle_irq(&perf_ibs_op, args->regs);
> +
> +       if (!handled)
> +               return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> +       inc_irq_stat(apic_perf_irqs);
> +
> +       return NOTIFY_STOP;
> +} 

So IBS cannot trigger the whole unknown NMI business? Wouldn't ibs_op
triggering while ibs_fetch just started latch the NMI line, the
in-progress NMI would handle both, and we then end up with a spare NMI?