Re: [PATCH] nmi_watchdog=2 and P4-HT

[Andrew Morton]

Philippe Elie <phil.el@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 
>  What do you think about the feature "the performance doesn't increment
>  counter in hlt mode".

That sounds OK.  If the CPU halts with local interrupts disabled (is this
possible?) then I assume it'll never come back.  But this possibility isn't
worth worrying about, surely.

Can we scale the performance counter multiplier down a bit?  1000 NMIs per
second sounds excessive.
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