Re: [PATCH RFC] NMI Re-introduce un[set]_nmi_callback

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu Sep 04 2008 - 09:37:55 EST


On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 09:07 -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> Andi and Ingo,
>
> This patch is an RFC for the following changes. If I get a positive review,
> changes to the HP Watchdog timer (currently in the kernel) will also be
> submitted along with this patch.
>
> Thanks,
>
> P.
>
> The drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c driver requires that all NMIs are processed
> by the driver. Currently the driver does not do this. The first
> step is to implement code to allow the default NMI handler to be replaced
> by a custom NMI handler.

Why is the DIE_NMIWATCHDOG notifier not sufficient for this driver?

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