From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758053AbYFHITO (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2008 04:19:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754480AbYFHIS4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2008 04:18:56 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:48201 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754432AbYFHISy (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2008 04:18:54 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:18:26 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] x86: NMI watchdog downgrade changes Message-ID: <20080608081826.GA20033@elte.hu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0010] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > Ingo, > > This is a series of patches in response to your earlier report to fix > the problem where the I/O APIC NMI watchdog is attempted where it > should not be, fails and then disables the timer leading the system to > a fatal failure. Please put in tip/x86/apic, replacing the patch > named nosmp-watchdog or 'x86: APIC/SMP: Downgrade the NMI watchdog for > "nosmp"' in the sequence. applied, thanks Maciej. This series resolved another nmi_watchdog related boot failure i found today. Ingo