x86, NMI: Add knob to disable using NMI IPIs to stop cpus
authorDon Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:14:27 +0000 (15:14 -0400)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:00:23 +0000 (12:00 +0100)
commitbda62633983f9db49ce0b1a9235b3709c1cda5f0
treea19384bfa63d4341ee28776ed7554444495ffbb2
parent99e8b9ca90d688c3ac7d3a141b701c9694a93925
x86, NMI: Add knob to disable using NMI IPIs to stop cpus

Some machines may exhibit problems using the NMI to stop other
cpus. This knob just allows one to revert back to the original
behaviour to help diagnose the problem.

V2:
  make function static

Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: seiji.aguchi@hds.com
Cc: vgoyal@redhat.com
Cc: mjg@redhat.com
Cc: tony.luck@intel.com
Cc: gong.chen@intel.com
Cc: satoru.moriya@hds.com
Cc: avi@redhat.com
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1318533267-18880-4-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
arch/x86/kernel/smp.c