Re: [PATCH 08/13] xen/pvticketlock: disable interrupts while blocking

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On 09/14/2011 08:28 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
>  If an NMI hits in an interrupt handler, or in the "after hlt" section
>  before the write-to-last-nmi-rip, then we'll see that %rip has changed.
>  If it hits after the write-to-last-nmi-rip instruction (or in the hlt
>  itself), then we'll also see that %rip has changed, due to the effect of
>  that instruction.

It won't handle multiple NMIs in halt. I assume that's reasonable common.


Why not?

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