On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:27:13 +0100 Michal Hocko <mho...@kernel.org> wrote:
> > What happens if: > > > > CPU 0: CPU 1: > > ------ ------ > > nmi_panic(); > > > > nmi_panic(); > > <external nmi> > > nmi_panic(); > > I thought that nmi_panic is called only from the nmi context. If so how > can we get a nested NMI like that? Nevermind. I was thinking the external NMI could nest, but I'm guessing it cant. Anyway, the patches later on modify this code which checks for something other than != this_cpu, which makes this issue mute even if it could nest. -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
