Re: [PATCH] [20/58] x86: Always probe the NMI watchdog

From: Björn Steinbrink
Date: Thu Jul 19 2007 - 06:35:57 EST


On 2007.07.19 11:55:05 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> From: [** iso-8859-1 charset **] BjörnSteinbrink <B.Steinbrink@xxxxxx>
>
> The performance counter allocator relies on the nmi watchdog being
> probed, so we have to do that even if the watchdog is not enabled.

Are you going to revert your fixes to the msr->bit conversions? Or is
this patch still required with them in place? I actually like your fix,
as it also fixes the semantics of single_msr_reserve() (see other mail).

So, can we just drop this one?

Thanks,
Björn
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