From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [Bug #11569] Don't complain about disabled irqs when the system has paniced Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 17:54:07 +0200 Message-ID: <20081007155407.GO20740@one.firstfloor.org> References: <0pOgGB.A.uLG.E475IB@wind> <20081006060238.GB3180@one.firstfloor.org> <200810080244.06958.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200810080244.06958.nickpiggin-/E1597aS9LT0CCvOHzKKcA@public.gmane.org> Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Nick Piggin Cc: Andi Kleen , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Kernel Testers List > Why doesn't it use something like nmi_shootdown_cpus on panic rather than There are unfortunately a couple of BIOS around that hang randomly when NMIs are used (e.g. common problem on ThinkPads). That broke the neck of the NMI watchdog too. But yes if we had some way to distingush these broken systems from sane ones NMI would be the way to go in panic. -Andi -- ak-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org