Re: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: x86: Fix call-chainsupport to use NMI-safe methods

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Jun 15 2009 - 14:51:32 EST



* Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I guess. However, having the ability to call module code in NMI
> handler context [...]

I dont think we really want to execute module-provided code from NMI
handlers. NMI context is pretty tricky to begin with. (Yes, i know
it's possible via nmi notifiers or modular oprofile but it's a
really bad practice IMHO.)

Ingo
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