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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:38:59 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, perf_p4:  block PMIs on init to prevent a stream of
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On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:41:41AM -0500, Don Zickus wrote:
> I could have removed the ENABLE bit too, but was worried it would impact
> BIOS vendors secret ability to monitor cpu states.  I figured the ability to
> generate a PMI or not is not interesting to them and chose that route instead.


You worry about the wrong things, just clear the things.