Re: [PATCH] perf_events: fix BTS interrupt handling to avoid beingdazed by NMI (v2)

[Don Zickus]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 01:28:01PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Fix a bug introduced with commit de725de and the change in the meaning of the
> return value of intel_pmu_handle_irq(). With the current code, when you are
> using the BTS, you get 'dazed by NMI' each time the BTS buffer fills up.
> 
> BTS does interrupt on the PMU vector, thus NMI. You need to take this
> into account in the return value of the function.
> 
> This version fixes initial patch which was missing changes to
> perf_event_intel_ds.c.

Great work!

So does this mean my other patch that ack'd the intel pmu earlier than
before is unnecessary now?  Or was this patch solving a different problem?

Cheers,
Don
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