[PATCH] i386: Disable nmi watchdog on all ThinkPads
Even newer Thinkpads have bugs in SMM code that causes hangs with
NMI watchdog.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
index 3e8e3ad..eaafe23 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@
int cpu;
/* Enable NMI watchdog for newer systems.
- Actually it should be safe for most systems before 2004 too except
- for some IBM systems that corrupt registers when NMI happens
- during SMM. Unfortunately we don't have more exact information
- on these and use this coarse check. */
- if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT && dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2004)
+ Probably safe on most older systems too, but let's be careful.
+ IBM ThinkPads use INT10 inside SMM and that allows early NMI inside SMM
+ which hangs the system. Disable watchdog for all thinkpads */
+ if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT && dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2004 &&
+ !dmi_name_in_vendors("ThinkPad"))
nmi_watchdog = NMI_LOCAL_APIC;
if ((nmi_watchdog == NMI_NONE) || (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT))