linux/arch/x86_64
Keith Owens 45486f81c9 [PATCH] x86_64: Standardize i386/x86_64 handling of NMI_VECTOR
x86_64 and i386 behave inconsistently when sending an IPI on vector 2
(NMI_VECTOR).  Make both behave the same, so IPI 2 is sent as NMI.

The crash code was abusing send_IPI_allbutself() by passing a code
instead of a vector, it only worked because crash knew about the
internal code of send_IPI_allbutself().  Change crash to use NMI_VECTOR
instead, and remove the comment about how crash was abusing the function.

This patch is a pre-requisite for fixing the problem where sending an
IPI as NMI would reboot some Dell Xeon systems.  I cannot fix that
problem while crash continus to abuse send_IPI_allbutself().

It also removes the inconsistency between i386 and x86_64 for
NMI_VECTOR.  That will simplify all the RAS code that needs to bring
all the cpus to a clean stop, even when one or more cpus are spinning
disabled.

Signed-off-by: Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26 10:48:22 -07:00
..
boot [PATCH] i386/x86-64: Fix isoimage when syslinux is in /usr/share 2006-06-26 10:48:19 -07:00
crypto [CRYPTO] aes: Fixed array boundary violation 2006-03-21 20:14:10 +11:00
ia32 [PATCH] x86_64: remove sys32_ni_syscall() 2006-06-26 10:48:21 -07:00
kernel [PATCH] x86_64: Standardize i386/x86_64 handling of NMI_VECTOR 2006-06-26 10:48:22 -07:00
lib [PATCH] x86_64: remove dead do_softirq_thunk 2006-03-25 09:10:53 -08:00
mm [PATCH] x86_64: miscellaneous mm/init.c fixes 2006-06-26 10:48:20 -07:00
oprofile [PATCH] Move Kprobes and Oprofile to "Instrumentation Support" menu 2005-11-07 07:53:35 -08:00
pci [PATCH] x86_64: Clean and enhance up K8 northbridge access code 2006-06-26 10:48:15 -07:00
defconfig [PATCH] x86_64: Update defconfig 2006-06-26 10:48:14 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] x86_64: Calgary IOMMU - Calgary specific bits 2006-06-26 10:48:19 -07:00
Kconfig.debug [PATCH] x86_64: Rename IOMMU option, fix help and mark option embedded. 2006-06-26 10:48:17 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] x86_64: Do not use -ffunction-sections for modules 2006-06-26 10:48:21 -07:00