On Wed, 2017-08-09 at 12:41:21 UTC, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> When the NMI IPI lock is contended, spin at low SMT priority, using
> loads only, and with interrupts enabled (where possible). This
> improves behaviour under high contention (e.g., a system crash when
> a number of CPUs are trying to en
When the NMI IPI lock is contended, spin at low SMT priority, using
loads only, and with interrupts enabled (where possible). This
improves behaviour under high contention (e.g., a system crash when
a number of CPUs are trying to enter the debugger).
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin
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