Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86/nmi: Drop K7_NMI_EVENT
Jan Beulich <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 15:49:55 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.emulators.xen.devel |
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On 05.08.2026 14:45, Andrew Cooper wrote: > This name is misleading. > > It's not possible to configure NMI or not from the event select register; that > comes from the APIC configuration for performance events. > > This name is "the thing we want to count for the NMI watchdog", but that's > clearer to follow when it simply names the event. Drop the indirection. > > No functional change. > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <[email protected]> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <[email protected]>