On 2007.06.25 23:51:51 -0700, Amitabha Roy wrote: > Hi > > >From looking at the default_do_nmi code in traps.c it seems that (at > least for the non BSP case, with reason=0) the die notifier chain gets > called with val=DIE_NMI_IPI. > > However in the profile_exceptions_notify_handler we check for DIE_NMI > (and not DIE_NMI_IPI) to decide if we want to cycle through the > counters. This seems wrong to me unless I am missing something (which > must be the case, otherwise this code is broken :). > > Can anyone help me understand this ?
notify_die(DIE_NMI, ...) is also called from nmi_watchdog_tick. So depending on "reason" you call: notify_die(DIE_NMI_IPI, ...) nmi_watchdog_tick(...) ---> notify_die(DIE_NMI, ...) or just notify_die(DIE_NMI, ...) HTH Björn - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
