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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 06/16] x86/split_lock: Save #AC setting for split
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 12:02:21PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > But then how do we deal with SMIs ?
> 
> On a system doing that level of real time you don't do SMIs.

And where do I buy one of those systems? SMIs are a real problem today,
we need help to make them go away.