Re: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: x86: Fix call-chainsupport to use NMI-safe methods

[Ingo Molnar]

* Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I guess. However, having the ability to call module code in NMI 
> handler context [...]

I dont think we really want to execute module-provided code from NMI 
handlers. NMI context is pretty tricky to begin with. (Yes, i know 
it's possible via nmi notifiers or modular oprofile but it's a 
really bad practice IMHO.)

	Ingo
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