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From: Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>
To: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@au.ibm.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
	Hariprasad Nellitheertha <hari@in.ibm.com>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca>
Subject: Replace i386/x86_64 nmi_callback RCU code with atomic notifier chain
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 16:17:12 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8256.1147933032@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> (raw)

i386 and x86_64 have low level RCU code to handle dynamic registration
and unregistration of the NMI callback function.  With the rewrite of
the general notifier chains, we can remove the low level RCU hacking
from these NMI handlers and replace them with an atomic notifier chain,
making the code much simpler.  set_nmi_callback() gets replaced by yet
another notify chain.  The only affected code outside the main NMI
handler is crash and oprofile.  Any objections?


             reply	other threads:[~2006-05-18  6:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-18  6:17 Keith Owens [this message]
2006-05-18 10:15 ` Replace i386/x86_64 nmi_callback RCU code with atomic notifier chain Andi Kleen
2006-05-18 12:10   ` Keith Owens
2006-05-18 12:23     ` Andi Kleen

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