On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 12:52:35PM -0200, Eduardo Habkost wrote: > The X86_LOCAL_APIC #ifdef was for kdump. For !SMP, the function simply > does nothing. > The bit below is also needed. It can be added to the series right before patch 07/16. After getting some review, I will resubmit the series with it, and with a few style fixes suggested by checkpatch. --- From: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [PATCH 06.1/16] x86: Disable IRQs before doing anything on nmi_shootdown_cpus() We need to know on which CPU we are running on, and we don't want to be preempted while doing this. Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost at redhat.com> --- arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c index 23a9d78..407106e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c @@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ static struct notifier_block crash_nmi_nb = { void nmi_shootdown_cpus(nmi_shootdown_cb callback) { unsigned long msecs; + local_irq_disable(); /* Make a note of crashing cpu. Will be used in NMI callback.*/ crashing_cpu = safe_smp_processor_id(); -- 1.5.5.GIT -- Eduardo