* Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de) wrote:

quoted text
> Index: linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
> +++ linux/arch/x86_64/kernel/nmi.c
> @@ -384,11 +384,14 @@ int __kprobes nmi_watchdog_tick(struct p
>  	return rc;
>  }
>  
> +static unsigned ignore_nmis;
> +
>  asmlinkage __kprobes void do_nmi(struct pt_regs * regs, long error_code)
>  {
>  	nmi_enter();
>  	add_pda(__nmi_count,1);
> -	default_do_nmi(regs);
> +	if (!ignore_nmis) 
> +		default_do_nmi(regs);
>  	nmi_exit();
>  }
>  
> @@ -401,6 +404,18 @@ int do_nmi_callback(struct pt_regs * reg
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +void stop_nmi(void)
> +{
> +	ignore_nmis++;
> +	acpi_nmi_disable();
> +}

I would do:

acpi_nmi_disable();
ignore_nmis++;

Instead, so we minimize the chances to have to drop a do_nmi.

quoted text
> +
> +void restart_nmi(void)
> +{
> +	ignore_nmis--;
> +	acpi_nmi_enable();
> +}
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
>  
...
quoted text
>  #endif /* ASM_NMI_H */
> Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
> +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -774,6 +774,8 @@ static __kprobes void default_do_nmi(str
>  	reassert_nmi();
>  }
>  
> +static int ignore_nmis;
> +
>  fastcall __kprobes void do_nmi(struct pt_regs * regs, long error_code)
>  {
>  	int cpu;
> @@ -784,11 +786,24 @@ fastcall __kprobes void do_nmi(struct pt
>  
>  	++nmi_count(cpu);
>  
> -	default_do_nmi(regs);
> +	if (!ignore_nmis)
> +		default_do_nmi(regs);
>  
>  	nmi_exit();
>  }
>  
> +void stop_nmi(void)
> +{
> +	ignore_nmis++;
> +	acpi_nmi_disable();
> +}
> +

Same here, I would swap the two.

quoted text
> +void restart_nmi(void)
> +{
> +	ignore_nmis--;
> +	acpi_nmi_enable();
> +}
> +

Besides that, it looks good.

Mathieu

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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