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
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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]>