Re: [PATCH 1/2] boot: ignore early NMIs

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] boot: ignore early NMIs
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:52:23 -0800
Cc: Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-tip-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kexec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mingo@xxxxxxxxxx, tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, mingo@xxxxxxx, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <m1r4x3yrsv.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org>
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Okay, I need to ask this...

Is there a reason to not just simply block these NMIs during the kexec
sequence?

	-hpa


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