RE: [PATCH v2] x86/boot: Add a message about ignored early NMIs
From: NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2024 - 21:15:29 EST
> From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> On 1/24/24 03:44, NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一) wrote:
> >> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 08:57:45AM +0000, NOMURA JUNICHI(野村 淳一) wrote:
> >>> + if (spurious_nmi_count) {
> >>> + error_putstr("Spurious early NMI ignored. Number of NMIs: 0x");
> >>> + error_puthex(spurious_nmi_count);
> >>> + error_putstr("\n");
> >>
> >> Uff, that's just silly:
> >>
> >> Spurious early NMIs ignored: 0x0000000000000017
> >>
> >> Would you like to add a error_putnum() or so in a prepatch which would
> >> make this output
> >>
> >> Spurious early NMIs ignored: 23.
> >>
> >> ?
> >>
> >> So that it is human readable and doesn't make me wonder what that hex
> >> value is supposed to mean?
> >
> > Yes, it would be nicer to print that way. I used the existing error_puthex() just
> > to keep the patch minimal. I will try to add error_putnum().
> >
> >> Btw, please use this version when sending next time:
>
> Here is a *completely* untested patch for you...
Ah, I was preparing decimal only version but yours is much better.
I tested and it just works.
I would like to use yours as a prepatch. May I have your signed-off-by?
--
Jun'ichi Nomura, NEC Corporation / NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
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