Re: [PATCH] Add mem_nmi_panic enable system to panic on hard error

> I could find your code in the -mm tree. It looks good :-)
> But just one point, isn't it better to use die_nmi() instead of panic()?
> 
>  >>        if (panic_on_unrecovered_nmi)
>  >>                panic("NMI: Not continuing");

At the point we halt for an unrecovered NMI the call trace isnt likely
to be interesting and the message being visible is most important. I'm
not sure if die_nmi would be better therefore - dunno what other folks
think ?

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