Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] trace,x86: Add nmi to the irq_vectors class

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Mon Apr 08 2019 - 10:25:36 EST


On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 15:57:07 +0200
Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Just to remove confusion. Your example is to show that the new
> > tracepoints would have shown that the NMI was long due to the printk? As
> > running printk from NMI (even with the delayed output) isn't a normal
> > path.
>
> The example is "to show that the new tracepoints would have shown that the NMI
> was longer than what the existing tracepoint pointed." The example was not the
> best, I agree.. but... it serves to illustrate the idea.

Sure, just wanted to verify that was your intent.

Thanks,

-- Steve