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

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Thu Sep 04 2008 - 15:57:32 EST


> Add "kdump" to the list. It will also be broken if we decide to let one
> driver hijack the NMI handler.

kdump is a special case, similar to the NMI button panic mode. It should
be always only active when the user configured it. When the user configured
it should be always the fallback and override any other drivers.

But watchdog is a special case. I assume the watchdog will just log
(and do the work that a SMI should be doing) but then continue
the chain so that kdump can dump on a watchdog timeout.

-Andi
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