Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH V3] vmx/nmi: Do not use self_nmi() in VMEXIT handler

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 22.11.12 at 16:37, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A quick solution would be to execute a noop function with
> run_in_exception_handler().  Alternatively, I can code enable_nmi() or
> so which does an inline iret to itself.  Which of these would you prefer?

I would actually consider avoiding to run softirqs altogether in that
case, just like native Linux doesn't do any event or scheduler
processing in that case.

Jan


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