Re: [PATCH 5/6] x86, nmi: Move default external NMI handler to its own routine

[Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>]

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 12:38:46PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 03:25:48PM -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
> > Now that we have setup an NMI subtye called NMI_EXT, there is really
> > no need to hard code the default external NMI handler in the main
> > nmi handler routine.
> > 
> > Move it to a proper function and register it on boot.  This change is
> > just code movement.
> > 
> > In addition, update the hpwdt to allow it to unregister the default
> > handler on its registration (and vice versa).  This allows the driver
> > to take control of that io port (which it ultimately wanted to do
> > originally), but in a cleaner way.
> 
> wanting that is one thing, but is it also a sane thing? You don't do
> thing just because drivers want it.

Heh. I understand.

Today, I have hacked up the SERR and IOCHK handlers to give hpwdt the
chance to do its 'magic' bios call to collect information before
panic'ing.

I was trying to clean things up by removing those hacks, but I guess I can
see your point, there is no guarantee they handle the hardware correctly.
:-/

Cheers,
Don